couldn't

See also: couldnt

English

Etymology

could +‎ -n’t

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊd.(ə)nt/
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Verb

couldn't

  1. could not (negative auxiliary[1])

See also
  • Appendix:English modal verbs
  • Appendix:English tag questions

References
  1. Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513
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