How to pronounce mortem
Listen to mortem 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.
“mortem” in real sentences
321 clips in the index · 16 American · 250 British · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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to invasive post-mortem examinations.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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I've done about 23,000 post-mortem examinations.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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mind that's what modernism said it's not post-mortem
Lakeside Institute of Theology · hear it here
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how long post mortem interval the body fluids can be analyzed
ICFSA · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of mortem. 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.