How to pronounce “cologne”
Say “cologne” in 2 beats
cologne
/kəˈloʊn/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kəˈləʊn/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- kəkə
- loʊnloʊnstress
- IPA (American)
- /kəˈloʊn/
- IPA (British)
- /kəˈləʊn/
- Respelling
- kuh-LOHN
- Syllables
- 2 — kə-LOƱN
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: kə-LOƱN. “loʊn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/kəˈloʊn/
/kəˈləʊn/
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Where “cologne” goes wrong
- Often heard
“koh-LOG-nee”
the gn is a plain n: kuh-LOHN
What “cologne” means
- noun
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
- noun
a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol
Say it in a sentence
“He wore the same cologne for thirty years without changing it.”“cologne”, answered
How do you pronounce “cologne”?
“cologne” is pronounced /kəˈloʊn/ (kuh-LOHN) in American English and /kəˈləʊn/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “loʊn”. Build it as kə-LOƱN, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “cologne” have?
2: kə · loʊn. The beat lands on the second, “loʊn”. Read letter by letter it looks like 3 (koh-LOG-nee), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 2.
Is “cologne” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /kəˈloʊn/ (kuh-LOHN); British English says /kəˈləʊn/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “cologne” mean?
As a noun: a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League For example: “He wore the same cologne for thirty years without changing it.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “cologne”?
Stress the second syllable: kə-LOƱN. “loʊn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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