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Woman Pronunciation
Woman is pronounced WUU-muhn, IPA /ˈwʊmən/.
WUU-muhn
US /ˈwʊmən/ · UK /ˈwʊmən/
Syllables: WUU · muhn (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: An adult female human being.
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Woman in a Sentence
- A woman at the next table lent us her charger.
- She was the first woman to hold the post.
- There is a woman here asking for you.
Common Mispronunciations of Woman
Not WOH-man
Neither vowel is what the spelling promises. The first is the uu of push and the second collapses to a weak uhn.
Not WI-muhn
That reading is the plural, women. In the singular the first vowel is rounded, as though you were about to whistle.
Tip: Singular and plural differ only in the first vowel: WUU-muhn against WI-muhn. The second syllable is identical in both.
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