How to pronounce olive in British English
“olive” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to olive the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “olive” in: all accents · American English (143 clips)
“olive” in real sentences — British speakers
71 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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afterwards, leaving Olive a widow.
UK Parliament
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For example, a bad olive harvest will escalate the risk of the adulteration of olive
The Scottish Parliament
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To extend an olive branch, I note that Liz Smith and I have worked on some
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “olive”
Words one sound away from olive — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “olive”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of olive. 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.