How to pronounce des in British English
“des” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to des the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “des” in: all accents · American English (181 clips)
“des” in real sentences — British speakers
72 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Des Department and its public bodies.
UK Parliament
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um desile one and des SIND postcodes.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “des”
Words one sound away from des — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
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.