How to pronounce friend in American English
“friend” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to friend the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “friend” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“friend” 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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>> Stephen Friend: Thanks.
The Obama White House
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Because of a friend. He had a friend, Charles Lindberg, and
NASA
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- And, Dorothy and friend, I see we have friend there with us.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “friend”
Words one sound away from friend — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “friend”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of friend. 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.