How to pronounce genteel
“genteel” pronunciation in British English
Listen to genteel in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“genteel” in real sentences
76 clips in the index · 3 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
IT'S A LITTLE MORE GENTEEL.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
-
Bush was genteel and reserved, George W.
Vanity Fair
-
Italy, and living a life of genteel poverty, basically.
We Are Being Transformed
-
Behind his back, they all call him Boss Genteel.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Words that sound like “genteel”
Words one sound away from genteel — 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 genteel. 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.