How to pronounce banana in British English
“banana” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to banana the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “banana” in: all accents · American English (187 clips)
“banana” in real sentences — British speakers
51 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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is a banana I know it's a banana you know it's a banana my brother knows
The Scottish Parliament
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in which John Swinney’s officials spoke about banana skins, for example.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “banana”
Words one sound away from banana — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “banana”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of banana. 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.