How to pronounce ironic in American English
“ironic” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ironic the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ironic” in: all accents · British English (238 clips)
“ironic” in real sentences — American speakers
300 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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That's tragic and ironic.
The Obama White House
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Sounds ironic almost to say it.
State Department
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And I thought, this is pretty ironic.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “ironic”
Words one sound away from ironic — 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 ironic. 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.