How to pronounce female in American English
“female” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to female the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“female” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Female Speaker: Absolutely.
The Obama White House
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>> Female Speaker: Right.
NIH
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female gender mutilation.
USDA
Words that sound like “female”
Words one sound away from female — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “female”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of female. 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.