How to pronounce elephants in British English
“elephants” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to elephants the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “elephants” in: all accents · American English (369 clips)
“elephants” in real sentences — British speakers
38 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Pupil: ...helpless African elephants.
UK Parliament
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white elephants and not be sustainable in the long term.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “elephants”
Words one sound away from elephants — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “elephants”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of elephants. 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.