How to pronounce matte
Listen to matte 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.
“matte” in real sentences
61 clips in the index · 7 American · 6 British · 2 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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if you imagine a sort of fresco style matte surface.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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work in person, I have a real combination of matte versus um shiny.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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and is Lambertian, which simply means it's sort of like a matte surface.
NIST · hear it here
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slowing blue shell extended a tendril from sealing the floor he diddled with the matte corrugations
DOOM WAD World · hear it here
Why real speech
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