How to pronounce lakes
Listen to lakes 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.
“lakes” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 690 American · 21 British · 198 Australian · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the lakes supports the economy of the lakes.
CBC News · hear it here
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dry lakes form called salt pans or Playa Lakes
Geoscience Australia · hear it here
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Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
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There are artificial lakes.
TED · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lakes. 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.