How to pronounce onion
Listen to onion 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.
“onion” in real sentences
412 clips in the index · 69 American · 11 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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for me definitely cheese and onion I love cheese and onion crisps yeah cheese and onion
British Library · hear it here
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onion a lovely golden color.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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talked about a triangle as supposed to an onion or maybe compatible with an onion, I
NIH · hear it here
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green onion and that's it.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of onion. 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.