How to pronounce born in American English
“born” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to born the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“born” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So when we're born, we're born helpless.
The Obama White House
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have one parent who's foreign born versus native born.
Census Bureau
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infants born to those mothers were born during the RSV season.
CDC
Words that sound like “born”
Words one sound away from born — 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 born. 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.