How to pronounce nil in American English
“nil” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to nil the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “nil” in: all accents · British English (131 clips)
“nil” in real sentences — American speakers
28 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and self-discipline is nil.
US National Archives
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President, we’ve taken these errors down to almost nil, or if not nil, pretty close to
National Archives
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whole page nil if you don't have any aircraft equipment you would pick nil that's the
FAA
Words that sound like “nil”
Words one sound away from nil — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of nil. 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.