How to pronounce polite in British English
“polite” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to polite the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “polite” in: all accents · American English (324 clips)
“polite” in real sentences — British speakers
171 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We are a very polite committee.
The Scottish Parliament
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a guest, and a polite and respectful one at that.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “polite”
Words one sound away from polite — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “polite”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of polite. 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.