How to pronounce ballet in American English
“ballet” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ballet the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ballet” in: all accents · British English (113 clips)
“ballet” in real sentences — American speakers
131 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Ballet Folklorico Ritmo Alegre.
CDC
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I guess we were watching some big ballet.
State Department
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Stars in slow ballet, pirouette, passive thermal control.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “ballet”
Words one sound away from ballet — 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 ballet. 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.