How to pronounce silence in British English
“silence” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to silence the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “silence” in: all accents · American English (1,000+ clips)
“silence” in real sentences — British speakers
767 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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are they the silence silence from mission control
UK Parliament
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silence now is deafening.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “silence”
Words one sound away from silence — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “silence”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of silence. 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.