How to pronounce cup in American English
“cup” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to cup the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “cup” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“cup” 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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Dixie cup, the little yellow cup.
NTSB
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The soccer World Cup, the football World Cup.
The White House
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Quarter of a cup, half of a cup, what is a quarter of a cup equal
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “cup”
Words one sound away from cup — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “cup”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cup. 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.