Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trueborn

/ˈtɹuː.boɹn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: true-born
IPA: /ˈtɹuː.boɹn/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Genuinely by birth; legitimate.

noun

A person of legitimate birth.

Example Sentences

"Young Ian's shoulders and thighs were dark with wet, and the rain dripped from the brim of his slouch hat, but he sat straight in the saddle, ignoring the weather with the stoic nonchalance of a trueborn Scot."
"She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned's sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him."
"Draconian in terms of its scope and aims, it replaced the guarantee of all rights, liberties, and immunities of all trueborn Englishmen that had been granted to the colonists in the first two colonial charters and established something very akin to martial law in the colony."

Etymology

From true + born.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɹuː.boɹn/
British English: /ˈtɹuː.bɔːn/

Inflected Forms

more trueborn (comparative) most trueborn (superlative) true-born (alternative) trueborns (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce trueborn?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹuː.boɹn/.
What does trueborn mean?: Genuinely by birth; legitimate.
Where does trueborn come from?: From true + born.

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