How to pronounce stain in American English
“stain” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to stain the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “stain” in: all accents · British English (72 clips)
“stain” in real sentences — American speakers
215 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Volunteer: The stain will actually stain your hands.
The Obama White House
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If your gram stain shows tiny gram variable coccobacilli, or if the gram stain shows large
CDC
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light-microscopy using a blue stain.
USGS
Words that sound like “stain”
Words one sound away from stain — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “stain”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of stain. 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.