Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

last-born

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: last-born
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of lastborn.

Example Sentences

"One study found second-borns to be lower in self-esteem than firstborns or last-borns, particularly if the age difference between them and the other siblings was approximately 2 years"

Inflected Forms

last-borns (plural)

Questions

What does last-born mean?: Alternative form of lastborn.

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