wouldn't

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See also: wouldnt

English

Etymology

would +‎ -n't

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwʊdn̩t/
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  • (Yorkshire) IPA(key): /ˈwʊnt/, [ˈwʊnʔ]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Verb

wouldn't

  1. would not (negative auxiliary[1])
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513
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