How to pronounce avian
Listen to avian in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“avian” in real sentences
407 clips in the index · 163 American · 133 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
pathogenic avian influenza.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
-
-- reassortment between the avian H1N2 epidemic, H1N1 as well as avian
NIH · hear it here
-
avian predators on that journey.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
-
the non-avian dinosaurs, of course.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of avian. 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.