How to pronounce elephant in British English
“elephant” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to elephant the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “elephant” in: all accents · American English (451 clips)
“elephant” in real sentences — British speakers
263 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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have been suggested I think that elephant has to be tackled there is a massive elephant
The Scottish Parliament
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the white elephant takeover of social care.
The Scottish Parliament
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That is a big elephant, sad to see it dead.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “elephant”
Words one sound away from elephant — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “elephant”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of elephant. 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.