How to pronounce police in American English
“police” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to police the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“police” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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police legitimacy, police can be trusted, police are fair, police work with residents.
Dept of Justice
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Metropolitan Police, Capitol Police, US Park Police. That's what it takes to put this
EPA
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Boston police and state police and local police across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts responded with professionalism
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “police”
Words one sound away from police — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “police”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of police. 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.