How to pronounce rifle in American English
“rifle” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rifle the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rifle” in: all accents · British English (64 clips)
“rifle” in real sentences — American speakers
361 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Oh, the rifle, the Kennedy assassination rifle.
National Archives
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A G3 is a German-manufactured battle rifle, not an assault rifle, but a battle rifle.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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purchase an assault rifle.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “rifle”
Words one sound away from rifle — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “rifle”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rifle. 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.