How to pronounce inn

Say it like this: /ˈɪn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈɪn/

What does inn mean?

nounAny establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

A tavern.

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

“the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns”

verbTo take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.

“We inned at the signe of the Swan.”

To lodge or house (someone or something).

“These Inn'd themselves all Night in Knights-bridge Fields.”

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