How to pronounce colours in British English
“colours” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to colours the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “colours” in: all accents
“colours” in real sentences — British speakers
226 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Governments of all political colours.
The Scottish Parliament
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see his assistant making his colours.
UK Parliament
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NHS comes from Westminster parties of all colours.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “colours”
Words one sound away from colours — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “colours”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of colours. 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.