How to pronounce firstborn

Listen to firstborn in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“firstborn” in real sentences

142 clips in the index · 9 American · 4 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. My firstborn is a daughter.

    British Library · hear it here

  2. My firstborn son is autistic.

    NSF · hear it here

  3. have a firstborn as a boy?

    Penguin Books UK · hear it here

  4. should be regarded as the firstborn.

    Intelligence Squared · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of firstborn. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

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