sabra

1. 1.

   a native-born Israeli

   BroaderIsraeli

Other forms of sabra

plural

sabras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sabra

What does sabra mean?

sabra means "a native-born Israeli".

How many syllables are in sabra?

sabra has 2 syllables: sa-bra. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /ˈsɑbɹə/.

Is sabra a common word?

sabra is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.