How to pronounce passive in American English
“passive” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to passive the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “passive” in: all accents · British English (256 clips)
“passive” in real sentences — American speakers
974 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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writing in passive voice.
CDC
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A little passive-aggressive.
The Obama White House
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Also two passive capacitor.
NIST
Words that sound like “passive”
Words one sound away from passive — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “passive”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of passive. 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.