wasn't

== English == === Alternative forms === wadn't, warn't, wudn't, wunt (pronunciation spellings) wa'n't, wan't (pronunciation spellings, colloquial, dated) wasnt (informal, nonstandard) wazn't, wuzn't, wuzzent (eye dialect) === Etymology === Contraction of was +‎ not. By surface analysis, was +‎ -n't. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɒz.ənt/, [ˈwɒz.n̩(ʔ)], (colloquial, Yorkshire) IPA(key): [ˈwɒn.(ʔ)] (US) IPA(key): /ˈwʌz.ənt/, [ˈwʌz.n̩(t)] (colloquial, dialectal) IPA(key): [ˈwʌd.n̩(t)] Hyphenation: was‧n't Rhymes: (RP) -ɒzənt Rhymes: (GA) -ʌzənt === Verb === wasn't (chiefly in the negative, auxiliary) Contraction of was +‎ not. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === isn't weren't === References === === Anagrams === tawns, wanst, wants