How to pronounce knife in British English
“knife” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to knife the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “knife” in: all accents · American English (294 clips)
“knife” in real sentences — British speakers
749 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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appropriate, a knife amnesty.
The Scottish Parliament
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and especially knife crimes.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “knife”
Words one sound away from knife — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “knife”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of knife. 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.