How to pronounce orphans in British English
“orphans” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to orphans the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “orphans” in: all accents · American English (89 clips)
“orphans” in real sentences — British speakers
32 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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He left behind a large family of orphans, including my mother.
The Scottish Parliament
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France, the Cabinet agreed that orphans and children of deported parents could also be admitted.
UK Parliament
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He said: “I stopped keeping track of how many new orphans I had operated on.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “orphans”
Words one sound away from orphans — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “orphans”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of orphans. 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.