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How to pronounce “colonel”
colonel
/kɜːnəl/
2 syllablespronoun
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2 syllables. Stress the 'kɜːn' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.
Meaning
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
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