How to pronounce intimate in American English
“intimate” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to intimate the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “intimate” in: all accents · British English (417 clips)
“intimate” in real sentences — American speakers
389 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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intimate partner violence.
CDC
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non-consensual intimate image.
FTC
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intimate partner violence survivors.
NIH
Words that sound like “intimate”
Words one sound away from intimate — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “intimate”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of intimate. 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.