What is the right pronunciation for 'women'?

Question

What is the right pronunciation for 'women'?

Answer 1

Wherever I have lived (in English-speaking countries), 'women' is pronounced WIM-mun and 'woman' is pronounced WUM-mun.

Answer 2

/'wimen/

or

woo-men.

Answer 3

If you are speaking of 1 woman then it is pronounced W.O.M.A.N

If you are speaking of more than 1 woman then you pronounce it W.O.M.E.N (pronounce with an E instead of the A)

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

WIM - in NOT WIM- uhn that's improper and combines part of the pronunciation for Woman which is WUHM- uhn.  Women has a stressed soft i and an unstressed soft i (or barred i in IPA)

Answer 5

Everyone I know pronounces it 'wim-in' or 'wuh-mun' for woman.

Answer 6

women, as in more than one, is pronounced:

wi (sounds like key) - men (sounds like pen).

Answer 7

It is pronounced "wimәn"

(the "ә" character is a schwa which is an unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound).

Answer 8

For English English

/wɪmɪn/

ɪ= the "i" sound in "sit"

For American English

/wɪmən/

ə=the indistinct "a" sound in "ago"

the following has American pronounciation audio file

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar...

Answer 9

woo-men

Answer 10

WUU AHH MEN