How to pronounce legal in American English
“legal” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to legal the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“legal” 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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of a legal standing and legal opinion and legal abilities, constitutional authority.
The Obama White House
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filled with legal references and legal languages.
US National Archives
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legal entities, and they're legal geographies.
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “legal”
Words one sound away from legal — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “legal”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of legal. 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.