How to pronounce canary in American English
“canary” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to canary the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “canary” in: all accents · British English (68 clips)
“canary” in real sentences — American speakers
220 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Charles: 1345 Canary Drive.
Dept of Justice
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This is from the Canary Islands, a town in the Canary Islands, fairly small, 10,000 population.
CDC
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something of a canary in the coal mine.
State Department
Words that sound like “canary”
Words one sound away from canary — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “canary”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of canary. 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.