How to pronounce colossus
Listen to colossus 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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“colossus” in real sentences
92 clips in the index · 8 American · 6 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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shall we go to the Colossus of Roads yes yes yes yes the Colossus of Roads
British Library · hear it here
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There were things that were called colossus penguins.
Big Think · hear it here
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He's he's striding the world like a colossus.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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So, alone in my kitchen, I am a continent-spanning colossus, right?
TED · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of colossus. 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.