How to pronounce eldest in American English
“eldest” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to eldest the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “eldest” in: all accents · British English (103 clips)
“eldest” in real sentences — American speakers
27 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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[LAUGHS] - The eldest is 55 and the youngest is eight.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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John only her son did unbeknownst to that young man ing's eldest
US National Archives
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torch and continuing his legacy first his eldest son a lawyer disability Advocate and Connecticut state
Dept of Labor
Words that sound like “eldest”
Words one sound away from eldest — 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 eldest. 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.