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How to pronounce cooned

Say it like KOOND. Cooned is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/kund/KOOND
UK British/kuːnd/KOOND
  • KOOND
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Cooned pronunciation, sound by sound

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

American vs British pronunciation of cooned

American and British speakers say cooned in essentially the same way: /kund/ in the US and /kuːnd/ in the UK.

British respelling: KOOND.

What does cooned mean?

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of coon

Words that rhyme with cooned

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Questions about saying cooned

How do you pronounce cooned?

Say KOOND. The American pronunciation is /kund/. In British English it is /kuːnd/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in cooned?

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

Do Americans and Brits say cooned the same way?

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

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