How to pronounce colonel in American English
“colonel” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to colonel the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “colonel” in: all accents · British English (49 clips)
“colonel” 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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Now, Walt was a Colonel, ex-colonel Air Force.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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AND COLONEL JACK FISCHER.
NASA
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Well, thank you, Colonel.
NTSB
Words that sound like “colonel”
Words one sound away from colonel — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “colonel”
Why real speech
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