How to pronounce hail in British English
“hail” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to hail the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hail” in: all accents · American English (343 clips)
“hail” in real sentences — British speakers
34 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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My forebears hail from the Applecross peninsula.
The Scottish Parliament
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for people across hail Zone and rally region I I certainly join my honorable friend in
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “hail”
Words one sound away from hail — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hail”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hail. 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.