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first-born

adjective

first-born is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of firstborn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-R-S-T-B-O-R-N and has 2 syllables.

What does first-born mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Alternative form of firstborn.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce first-born?

    First-born has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Words people confuse with first-born

    Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

    first-born vs firstborn0 B

    Also written: firstborn (one word or two).

    Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).