How to pronounce halves in American English
“halves” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to halves the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “halves” in: all accents · British English (35 clips)
“halves” in real sentences — American speakers
80 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They went together in halves.
The Obama White House
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two halves realign the two halves and push the lever forward and it was designed uh
NASA
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There's three halves to this challenge.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “halves”
Words one sound away from halves — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “halves”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of halves. 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.