How to pronounce hippopotamus
Listen to hippopotamus 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.
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“hippopotamus” in real sentences
61 clips in the index · 1 American · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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hippopotamus Ivory yeah was hippopotamus Ivory reserved for wonders yes what
British Library · hear it here
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Look, you want a hippopotamus delivered to your house.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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And saw a rhino was it or a hippopotamus?
British Library · hear it here
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>> a river throws crocodiles Crossing and hippopotamus into the mix of hazards.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hippopotamus. 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.