How to pronounce retreat in British English
“retreat” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to retreat the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “retreat” in: all accents · American English (462 clips)
“retreat” in real sentences — British speakers
180 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We cannot retreat from this.
The Scottish Parliament
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Avril runs a fantastic countryside retreat near Melrose.
The Scottish Parliament
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He tries to retreat into the crowd and she...
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “retreat”
Words one sound away from retreat — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “retreat”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of retreat. 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.