how to pronounce gown

/ɡaʊn/

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gown is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… stunning in a vera wang gown the groom …”

meaning of gown

Gown is a long loose type of clothing worn by women.

gown frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word gown occurs in english on average 9.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.