How to pronounce holmes in American English
“holmes” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to holmes the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “holmes” in: all accents · British English (79 clips)
“holmes” in real sentences — American speakers
241 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Holmes, please unmute yourself.
State Department
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ONE OBSERVER IS ROBERT HOLMES.
NASA
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Your representative, Eleanor Holmes Norton.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “holmes”
Words one sound away from holmes — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “holmes”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of holmes. 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.