sea-born

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [see bawrn]
- /si bɔrn/
- /siː bɔːn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [see bawrn]
- /si bɔrn/

Definitions of sea-born word

adjective sea-born born in or of the sea, as naiads. 1
adjective sea-born produced in or rising from the sea, as reefs. 1

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Origin of sea-born

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1585-95

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sea-born

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sea-born

sea-born popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".