How to pronounce gist in British English
“gist” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to gist the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “gist” in: all accents · American English (158 clips)
“gist” in real sentences — British speakers
99 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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uh see its precise uh gist.
The Scottish Parliament
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We have got the gist of it.
UK Parliament
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I think that we get the general gist.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “gist”
Words one sound away from gist — 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 gist. 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.