verb
Meaning 1
are not (negative auxiliary)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
aren't
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːnt/
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General-American: /ɑɹ(ə)nt/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)nt
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homophone: aunt (some non-rhotic dialects)
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 R AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AA1 R N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
A contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?"
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *arun? Old English earon Middle English aren English are English n’t English aren't From are + n’t.
Spelling replacement of the homonym an’t.
Real reading context