How to pronounce laughter in American English
“laughter” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to laughter the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “laughter” in: all accents · British English (194 clips)
“laughter” 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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SECRETARY POMPEO: (Laughter.)
State Department
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an arbitrator [laughter].
National Archives
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[Laughter] HOWARD SCHNEIDER.
Federal Reserve
Words that sound like “laughter”
Words one sound away from laughter — 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 laughter. 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.