How to pronounce hours in British English
“hours” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to hours the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“hours” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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hours by offering 900 hours.
The Scottish Parliament
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hours; PFP takes 14 hours on average, which is more than four times slower.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “hours”
Words one sound away from hours — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hours”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hours. 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.