How to pronounce amateur in American English
“amateur” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to amateur the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “amateur” in: all accents · British English (148 clips)
“amateur” in real sentences — American speakers
303 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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professional to amateur ranks.
The Obama White House
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amateur astronomer amateur astronomers can play a key role in this Mission it turns out that
NASA
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And he was an amateur artist.
National Archives
Words that sound like “amateur”
Words one sound away from amateur — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “amateur”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of amateur. 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.