How to pronounce Balloon





Pronouncing the word Balloon is typically easy and does not require a special skill to master it. Teaching kids on how to pronounce balloon is fairly straightforward as this is one of their favorite toys and they like to hold one almost all of the time. The correct pronunciation of the word “Balloon” is “/bəˈluːn/”. For those who are not familiar with the thing, it is a small bag made of very thin rubber that becomes larger and rounder when you fill it with air or gas, such as Helium or Hydrogen. Balloons are vibrantly colored and used as decorations or toys. You might to check how balloons are made. There’s even a restaurant that makes balloons for dessert.

Balloon Pronunciation

Balloon Pronunciation

To pronounce the word, you have to initially sound like a sheep when you say “baa”, followed immediately by saying the word “lun”. Two-year old kids can easily say this word because most of their parents delight them with this object. Some kids start by saying the last word only but they will be able to articulate the word in due time with ease. Listen to the video below for the correct enunciation of the word.

Now that you can say it correctly, make sure you also spell it properly. There should be “two LLs and two OOs”. Balloon is the accurate spelling, not baloon and definitely not ballon.


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