how to pronounce womb

/ˈwum/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of womb is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

womb is pronounced in one syllable

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of womb

1. example pitch curve for pronunciation of womb

test your pronunciation of womb

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of womb

video examples of womb pronunciation

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

“… operating inside the womb but it's …”

meanings of womb

noun:

In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
The stomach of a person or creature.
Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
A place where something is made or formed.
The abdomen or stomach.

verb:

To enclose in a womb, or as if in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.

womb frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word womb occurs in english on average 5.9 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.

topics womb can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that womb can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) life, nature, and living environment;