How to pronounce iris
Listen to iris 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.
“iris” in real sentences
452 clips in the index · 170 American · 65 British · 10 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Three different iris species!
CrashCourse · hear it here
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So hopefully >> very much Iris.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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iris turn paler and paler.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
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There's Iris Murdoch movie.
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of iris. 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.