wouldn't

/ˈwʊdn̩t/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

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verb

"Wouldn't you often have supper on the terrace on Sundays?"
"She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man."

Contraction of would + not, equivalent to would + -n't.

wo'n't (alternative, archaic) wou'dn't (alternative, obsolete) wudn't (alternative, pronunciation spelling) wunt (alternative, Yorkshire)

can't couldn't mayn't mightn't oughtn't shan't shouldn't won't

couldn't shouldn't punt oont

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How do you pronounce wouldn't?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwʊdn̩t/.

What does wouldn't mean?

would not (negative auxiliary)

Where does wouldn't come from?

Contraction of would + not, equivalent to would + -n't.

How to pronounce wouldn't

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