IPA Transcription of "balloon" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “balloon” is /bəˈlun/.

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balloonbəˈlun

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/bəˈlʉːn/
English (United Kingdom)/bəˈluːn/

Similar Pronunciations

/bəbun/1

/bəfun/1

/bəlin/2

/bəlu/1

/bəlund/1

/bəlunz/1

/bənun/1

/bəsun/1

/səlun/1

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