How to pronounce axe in American English
“axe” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to axe the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “axe” in: all accents · British English (141 clips)
“axe” in real sentences — American speakers
59 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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-- and the current holder of The Axe.
The Obama White House
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This is very significant for the axe investigation.
NTSB
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So I was glad to have my gloves and ice axe.
US Forest Service
Words that sound like “axe”
Words one sound away from axe — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “axe”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of axe. 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.