How to pronounce ode
Listen to ode 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.
“ode” in real sentences
79 clips in the index · 21 American · 6 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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- "Ode to Sulphur" by Jed Mahofsky.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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A, a patriotic ode to the British monarchy.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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That means there's nowhere for Ode to go.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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And that one poem is an ode to Joan of Arc.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ode. 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.