How to pronounce illegitimate

Listen to illegitimate 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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“illegitimate” in real sentences

303 clips in the index · 34 American · 48 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Sanctions, quote, "illegitimate."

    State Department · hear it here

  2. or an illegitimate interpretation.

    Intelligence Squared · hear it here

  3. People treated reparations as illegitimate.

    The 92nd Street Y · hear it here

  4. mother of two illegitimate children.

    British Library · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of illegitimate. 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.

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