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How to pronounce yawns

Say it like YAWNZ. Yawns is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/jɔnz/YAWNZ
UK BritishNo British transcription yet. The audio still plays in this accent.
  • YAWNZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Yawns pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. YAWNZSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "aw" in law.

What does yawns mean?

verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yawn How to pronounce yawn
noun
  1. plural of yawn How to pronounce yawn

Questions about saying yawns

How do you pronounce yawns?

Say YAWNZ. The American pronunciation is /jɔnz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in yawns?

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

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