native-born

1. 1.

   belonging to a place by birth

   “a native-born Scot”

   “a native Scot”

   Similarnative

Questions about native-born

What does native-born mean?

native-born means "belonging to a place by birth".

How many syllables are in native-born?

native-born has 4 syllables: na-ti-ve--born. The stress falls on "ti".

Is native-born a common word?

native-born is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.