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How to pronounce cooled

Say it like KOOLD. Cooled is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/kuld/KOOLD
UK British/kuːld/KOOLD
  • KOOLD
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Cooled pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. KOOLDSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "oo" in food.

American vs British pronunciation of cooled

American and British speakers say cooled in essentially the same way: /kuld/ in the US and /kuːld/ in the UK.

British respelling: KOOLD.

What does cooled mean?

adjective
  1. Brought to a lower temperature.
  2. With a descriptive word: brought to a lower temperature by means of.“a water-cooled engine”
  3. Brought to a reduced degree of anger or fervor.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of cool How to pronounce cool

Where does cooled come from?

From cool + -ed.

Words that rhyme with cooled

Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of cooled.

Questions about saying cooled

How do you pronounce cooled?

Say KOOLD. The American pronunciation is /kuld/. In British English it is /kuːld/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in cooled?

Cooled is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: KOOLD.

Do Americans and Brits say cooled the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /kuld/ and the British form is /kuːld/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

Pronunciation from CMUdict and Wiktionary; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).