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Mum Pronunciation

Pronounce Mum as M UW M.

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    Mum phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'mum'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of mum: /mum/
    • Modern IPA representation of mum: /mʊm/

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    List of meaning for mum

    mute; silent

    florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, mum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium(noun)

    of China

    ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy(noun)

    informal terms for a mother

    mum(adj)

    secrecy

    "mum's the word"

    mum, silent(adj)

    failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

    "the witness remained silent"

    deliberately refraining from speech

    kept mum about the surprise bridal shower

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    mum in sentence

    1. I promised to stay mum about my sister’s elopement but could not resist telling my parents.

    2. The sneaky teenager stayed mum as she tiptoed into the house past curfew.

    3. During their game of hide and go seek, the children stayed mum so that their voices would not cause them to be found.

    4. Staying mum for the time being, the man thought it best he not discuss his plans with anyone else.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term mum

    He didn't leave a child. My mum is devastated, we can use his demise to ensure safer travel for all.

    – Esther Kabau-Wanyoike

    You didn't tell Jonah Lomu to do anything, but if you asked Jonah Lomu, Jonah Lomu'd run through a brick wall for you, jonah Lomu feared no man but Jonah Lomu did fear one person and that was Jonah Lomu mum Hepi. When Jonah Lomu mum said things, Jonah Lomu acted.

    – Eric Rush

    Mumbai es real y verdaderamente madre de millones! Curiosamente, la madre se llama MUM en Inglés, BA en Gujarathi y AAI en marathi. Por lo tanto, Mumbai es definitivamente un nombre especial para la madre, en mi opinión. Mumbai larga vida.

    – Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate

    Please don't cross the border. Please come home to Metropolitan Police. Metropolitan Police Mum needs you home and is really worried. Metropolitan Police are not mad at you, Metropolitan Police love you.

    – Metropolitan Police

    I have had the title for about 15 years but I have never used it. A couple of years ago, my mum died, and I have cried so much in all my life and I thought this is the time to use this title, essentially the show is about big emotional moments in my life, good or bad, hell or happy, this kind of combination of this big emotional churning, reworking, awakening, a big emotional timebomb that has been let off in the gallery.

    – Tracey Emin

    What a horse, what a horse, we worked very hard for this the whole time and I have a brilliant team behind me. Davy Russell's mum died last year and this was for her.

    – Gordon Elliott

    At this age she would naturally still be with her mother, so the soft toy gives her something to snuggle for comfort, it’s not as fluffy and woolly as an adult Brushtail Possum, but she clings to it using her claws and teeth as she would do with mum in the wild.

    – Taronga Zoo

    The cruelty of the situation seems both outrageous and arbitrary, that a young mum and baby can be treated as some national security threat is absurd.

    – Richard Ratcliffe

    Even the episodes I have seen, there have been some parts where Mum and Dad just stand in front of me to block me seeing anything too gruesome on screen, i was allowed to see myself being killed last Sunday and Ive watched a bit of season seven.

    – Lyanna Mormont

    I was shaking and I literally felt like I was sweating and agitated, my mum was teary. United Airlines was just United Airlines. I had never been so disrespected and mistreated and embarrassed.

    – Natalia Rutkowski

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