How to pronounce labor in American English
“labor” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to labor the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“labor” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Labor demand is very strong, while labor supply remains subdued, with the labor force participation rate
Federal Reserve
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Although the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, or OLMS, enforces many laws protecting labor
Dept of Labor
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in the labor force and persons not in the labor force.
National Archives
Words that sound like “labor”
Words one sound away from labor — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “labor”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of labor. 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.