How to pronounce kippur in American English
“kippur” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to kippur the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“kippur” in real sentences — American speakers
32 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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just before the Yom Kippur War.
State Department
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the conclusion of Yom Kippur for the Day of Atonement.
Dept of Justice
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Hebrew high holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “kippur”
Words one sound away from kippur — 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 kippur. 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.