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Cotton Pronunciation
Cotton is pronounced KAH-tuhn, IPA /ˈkɑtən/.
KAH-tuhn
US /ˈkɑtən/ · UK /ˈkɒtən/
Syllables: KAH · tuhn (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A soft white fibre from the cotton plant, or the cloth woven from it.
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Cotton in a Sentence
- He wears a cotton shirt whatever the weather.
- Cotton was picked by hand on that stretch of the delta.
- The sheets are pure cotton and worth the price.
Common Mispronunciations of Cotton
Not KAH-tohn
The ending is a murmur, tuhn, with no o sounded inside it. Button, mutton and rotten all reduce the same way.
Not koh-TAHN
Front weight, since the second beat carries nothing at all.
Tip: American speech often closes the double t to a catch in the throat, giving something near KAH-uhn, and the clear t is the careful form.
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