Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

native-speaking

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables
na-tive-s-peak-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That speaks a language as a first language or mother tongue.

Questions

What does native-speaking mean?
That speaks a language as a first language or mother tongue.

How to pronounce native-speaking

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