How to pronounce lion in British English
“lion” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to lion the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lion” in: all accents · American English (466 clips)
“lion” in real sentences — British speakers
119 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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there is a gold lion and the lion is the significant part of the rod because
UK Parliament
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the lion’s share of things.
The Scottish Parliament
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the end coming at Skgness when the lion turned.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “lion”
Words one sound away from lion — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lion”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lion. 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.