How to pronounce catastrophe

Listen to catastrophe in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“catastrophe” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 143 American · 260 British · 24 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Pick a catastrophe, any catastrophe.

    60 Minutes · hear it here

  2. environmental catastrophe.

    How To Academy · hear it here

  3. and unnameable catastrophe.

    The School of Life · hear it here

  4. impending “cultural catastrophe”.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of catastrophe. 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.

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