how to pronounce colleen

/ˌkɑːˈliːn/

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colleen is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

ɑː

2.

iː

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An example use of colleen in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… gonna turn it over to Colleen to be the …”

meanings of colleen

noun:

Girl.
Young single woman.

name:

A female given name from English or Irish.

colleen frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word colleen occurs in english on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.