How to pronounce ernest in American English
“ernest” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ernest the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ernest” in: all accents · British English (27 clips)
“ernest” in real sentences — American speakers
137 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Michael Kress: Kate Ernest has the next question.
The Obama White House
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Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy and panelist member Dr.
NASA
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ERNEST HOHMAN: I was serving in the U.S.
State Department
Words that sound like “ernest”
Words one sound away from ernest — 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 ernest. 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.