How to pronounce lichen
Listen to lichen 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.
“lichen” in real sentences
108 clips in the index · 65 American · 4 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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The Perfume Lichen, the Shield Lichen here, and this Tube Lichen.
US Forest Service · hear it here
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But we know from the presence of the lichen that the lichen is almost 5, 6,000
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Lichina pygmaea is an unusual lichen species.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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which in turn impacts mammals, insects, moss and lichen.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lichen. 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.