How to pronounce elephant in American English
“elephant” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to elephant the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “elephant” in: all accents · British English (263 clips)
“elephant” in real sentences — American speakers
451 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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You ever seen an elephant?
The Obama White House
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address the big elephant in the room and I think the big elephant in the room
NTSB
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given a baby elephant by the president of Sri Lanka today Republicans claim the elephant as
Voice of America
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.