oughtn't en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑtənt/ (cot-caught-merger)
- [ˈɑtn̩t] (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈɔːtənt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
- /ˈɔtənt/ without the cot–caught merger
- [ˈɔtn̩t] (Scotland)
- /ˈoːtənt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- [ˈɔtn̩t] without the cot–caught merger
- (US) audio cot-caught
- [ˈoːtn̩t] (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈɔtənt/ (Scotland)
- [ˈɔːtn̩t] (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
Etymology
From ought + -n't.
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) (US, Philippines, dated, rare) ought not (negative auxiliary).
We ought to wake dad, oughtn't we?
Coordinates
mayn't · couldn't · won't · mightn't · wouldn't · can't · shan't · shouldn't