How to pronounce par in American English
“par” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to par the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “par” in: all accents · British English (464 clips)
“par” in real sentences — American speakers
418 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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That's par for the course.
The Obama White House
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record holders and spacewalkers par excellence.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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They par boiled a dead shrew.
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Words that sound like “par”
Words one sound away from par — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of par. 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.