How to pronounce noon in American English

IPA /nun/ Syllables 1 · noon Stress 1st syllable

NOON

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Americans pronounce noon as NOON (/nun/). You'll hear it in sentences like "It must be getting close to noon" or "We're meeting at noon, aren't we?" — more examples below.

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Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth. Air flows through your nose.

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Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.

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Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth. Air flows through your nose.

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"It must be getting close to noon."

iht muhst bee GEH·duhng KLOHS tuh NOON

"The cloud surrounded the mountain house around noon."

dhuh KLOWD suh·ROWN·duhd dhuh MOWN·tuhn HOWS uh·ROWND NOON

"The huge boom shook the room at noon."

dhuh HYOOJ BOOM SHUUK dhuh ROOM uht NOON

"The morning fog cleared up by noon and it became beautiful."

dhuh MOR·nuhng FAHG KLEERD UHP bahy NOON and iht buh·KAYM BYOO·tuh·fuhl

"The sunny noon was nice enough for a nap."

dhuh SUH·nee NOON wuhz NAHYS uh·NUHF fer uh NAP

"We're meeting at noon, aren't we?"

weer MEE·duhng uht NOON ARNT wee

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Is the American pronunciation of "noon" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "NOON" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.