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How to pronounce tragedies in American English
“tragedies” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to tragedies the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tragedies” in: all accents · British English (249 clips)
“tragedies” in real sentences — American speakers
552 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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tragedies like this strike.
The Obama White House
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significant tragedies up there.
NTSB
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Film of tragedies, like Columbine.
FEMA
Other forms of “tragedies”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tragedies. 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.