How to pronounce city in American English
“city” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to city the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “city” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“city” 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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City, went to the Kansas City Speedway.
The Obama White House
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built by the city of Bay St. Louis to house city employees and city
FEMA
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City Point in April of 1865, City Point, Virginia.
National Archives
Words that sound like “city”
Words one sound away from city — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “city”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of city. 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.