How to pronounce insect in British English
“insect” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to insect the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “insect” in: all accents · American English (265 clips)
“insect” in real sentences — British speakers
46 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Climate change, loss of insect diet are serious factors.
The Scottish Parliament
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but also this is actually insect which is a food that some people are telling us
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “insect”
Words one sound away from insect — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “insect”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of insect. 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.