How to pronounce slaves in American English
“slaves” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to slaves the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “slaves” in: all accents · British English (27 clips)
“slaves” in real sentences — American speakers
662 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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slaves who are the slaves of Patriots.
US National Archives
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who had never been slaves.
The Obama White House
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slaves after the Civil War.
The White House
Words that sound like “slaves”
Words one sound away from slaves — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “slaves”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of slaves. 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.