How to pronounce escalator in British English
“escalator” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to escalator the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “escalator” in: all accents · American English (28 clips)
“escalator” in real sentences — British speakers
41 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We've canled the last government's escalator.
UK Parliament
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and an empty home escalator would raise a further £1 million.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “escalator”
Words one sound away from escalator — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “escalator”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of escalator. 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.