How to pronounce des
Listen to des 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.
“des” in real sentences
388 clips in the index · 72 American · 72 British · 10 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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BPA or diethylstilbestrol DES.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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Nevada; and Des Moines, Iowa.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.
USDA · hear it here
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the Rue des Saints-Pères.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of des. 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.