How to pronounce air in British English
“air” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to air the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “air” in: all accents · American English (1,000+ clips)
“air” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the Royal Air Force, the US Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The Scottish Parliament
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meeting air quality objectives.
The Scottish Parliament
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improve our air quality, and that we go for these clean air zones.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “air”
Words one sound away from air — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “air”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of air. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.