Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wa'n't

/wɒnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wa'n't
IPA: /wɒnt/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

contraction

Pronunciation spelling of wasn't; compare wadn't.

Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price."
""You're soft, Jane," said Miranda once; "you allers was soft, and you allers will be. If 't wa'n't for me keeping you stiffened up, I b'lieve you 'd leak out o' the house into the dooryard.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

wan't (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce wa'n't?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɒnt/.
What does wa'n't mean?: Pronunciation spelling of wasn't; compare wadn't.

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