How to pronounce imitation in British English
“imitation” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to imitation the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “imitation” in: all accents · American English (44 clips)
“imitation” in real sentences — British speakers
49 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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some imitation of crochet.
UK Parliament
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pale imitation of what was originally very ambitious.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “imitation”
Words one sound away from imitation — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of imitation. 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.