How to pronounce sec in British English
“sec” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to sec the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sec” in: all accents · American English (727 clips)
“sec” in real sentences — British speakers
279 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> sec uh Cabinet presiding officer.
The Scottish Parliament
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template to be completed by the relevant cab sec and the cab sec for finance, which
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “sec”
Words one sound away from sec — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sec. 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.