How to pronounce cave in American English
“cave” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to cave the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “cave” in: all accents · British English (50 clips)
“cave” in real sentences — American speakers
510 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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aurochs and the cave paintings.
The Obama White House
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cave-in, OSHA requires sloping, benching, shoring, or shielding to protect workers from cave-ins.
Dept of Labor
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at one time for Mammoth Cave.
National Park Service
Words that sound like “cave”
Words one sound away from cave — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “cave”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cave. 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.