How to pronounce orphans in American English
“orphans” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to orphans the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “orphans” in: all accents · British English (32 clips)
“orphans” in real sentences — American speakers
89 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We have no legislative orphans here.
Federal Reserve
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five million orphans and vulnerable children.
The Obama White House
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There's just too much risk that you could leave children orphans.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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.