how to pronounce colleen

/ˌkɑːˈliːn/

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colleen is pronounced in two syllables

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kɑːln

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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:

  1. Girl.
  2. Young single woman.

name:

  1. 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.

words with pronunciation similar to colleen

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