How to pronounce banana in American English
“banana” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to banana the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “banana” in: all accents · British English (51 clips)
“banana” in real sentences — American speakers
187 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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DO YOU PUT A BANANA ON A CONDOM ON A BANANA AND THAT STUFF.
NIH
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A banana split with doenjang caramel.
State Department
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We have shrimp cocktail and banana pudding.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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.