How to pronounce tire in British English
“tire” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to tire the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tire” in: all accents · American English (621 clips)
“tire” in real sentences — British speakers
61 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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white salt tire against the blue sky.
The Scottish Parliament
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well as i never tire of saying
UK Parliament
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that night he beat her to death with a tire iron he faced 33 charges in
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “tire”
Words one sound away from tire — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tire”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tire. 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.