How to pronounce fourteen in British English
“fourteen” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to fourteen the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “fourteen” in: all accents · American English (339 clips)
“fourteen” in real sentences — British speakers
37 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Fourteen papers were pledged in that series.
The Scottish Parliament
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>> Constance: I was sentenced to fourteen days’ hard labour.
UK Parliament
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got fourteen thousand nine hundred more doctors fifteen hundred more medical school places each
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “fourteen”
Words one sound away from fourteen — 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 fourteen. 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.