How to pronounce lightyear
Listen to lightyear 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.
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“lightyear” in real sentences
109 clips in the index · 87 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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That's Buzz Lightyear, but not any Buzz Lightyear.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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I'm from the Lightyear Foundation.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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with the vast infinitude of galaxies and the immense Lightyear distances between
Esoteric Academy · hear it here
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You I can't tell you how far away a lightyear is.
Big Think · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lightyear. 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.