English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Corn Pronunciation
Corn is pronounced KAWRN, IPA /ˈkɔrn/.
KAWRN
US /ˈkɔrn/ · UK /ˈkɔːn/
Syllables: KAWRN (1 syllable)
noun: Maize in American English, and any cereal grain such as wheat or barley in British English.
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Corn in a Sentence
- The corn was waist high by July.
- She bought a tin of sweet corn.
- Corn prices fell after the harvest.
Common Mispronunciations of Corn
Not KOHN
Corn, corner and cornea all open the same way, and none of them takes the oh of cone. The r pulls the vowel open.
Not KAW-ruhn
No vowel grows between the r and the n. Popcorn and acorn keep the same single beat on the corn half.
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