How to pronounce lanes in British English
“lanes” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to lanes the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lanes” in: all accents · American English (458 clips)
“lanes” in real sentences — British speakers
226 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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lanes become three or three lanes become two, with no central reservation.
UK Parliament
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routes with segregated lanes.
The Scottish Parliament
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Instead of having all six lanes to use for swimming, they are down to four lanes,
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “lanes”
Words one sound away from lanes — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lanes”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lanes. 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.