How to pronounce ate in British English
“ate” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to ate the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ate” in: all accents · American English (317 clips)
“ate” in real sentences — British speakers
86 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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using up-to-ate tools, etc.
The Scottish Parliament
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That is where they lived, worked, cooked, ate and slept.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “ate”
Words one sound away from ate — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ate. 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.