How to pronounce priest in American English
“priest” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to priest the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “priest” in: all accents · British English (62 clips)
“priest” in real sentences — American speakers
108 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I see this priest, Father Michael Judge, great Franciscan priest.
Dept of Justice
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What am I doing and a Catholic priest, a Jesuit, who was a street priest; worked
The Obama White House
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I was not marrying a priest.
National Archives
Words that sound like “priest”
Words one sound away from priest — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “priest”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of priest. 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.