How to pronounce century in American English
“century” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to century the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“century” 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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century, the last century.
The Obama White House
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The century trail oh, oh, the century trail.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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together to fight 21st century corruption with 21st century tools.
State Department
Words that sound like “century”
Words one sound away from century — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “century”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of century. 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.