How to pronounce lightning in American English
“lightning” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to lightning the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lightning” in: all accents · British English (55 clips)
“lightning” in real sentences — American speakers
998 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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of our lightning launch make rer rules are about is triggered lightning lightning so overall um
NASA
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experiment with lightning.
The White House
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TED-style lightning talk?
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “lightning”
Words one sound away from lightning — 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 lightning. 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.