How to pronounce shades in British English
“shades” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to shades the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “shades” in: all accents · American English (221 clips)
“shades” in real sentences — British speakers
52 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Oh my, I have shades of uh shades of deja vu.
The Scottish Parliament
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costumes of Donegal tweed in shades of dingy browns and greys.
UK Parliament
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orange or its shades of yellow then as now was the liberal color.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “shades”
Words one sound away from shades — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “shades”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shades. 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.