How to pronounce semi in British English
“semi” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to semi the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “semi” in: all accents · American English (598 clips)
“semi” in real sentences — British speakers
269 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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semi-structured interviews.
The Scottish Parliament
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sort of semi-supervised activity.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “semi”
Words one sound away from semi — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “semi”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of semi. 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.