How to pronounce metres in British English
“metres” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to metres the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “metres” in: all accents
“metres” in real sentences — British speakers
83 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It's nearly four metres long, well, over four metres long.
UK Parliament
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So, 30 million square metres is 30 million square metres, irrespective of what the data shows.
The Scottish Parliament
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cut our gas imports by 9 billion cubic metres in 2022.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “metres”
Words one sound away from metres — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “metres”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of metres. 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.