How to pronounce transit in American English
“transit” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to transit the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“transit” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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rail mass transit as opposed to all mass transit
NTSB
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transit ridership numbers.
Census Bureau
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transit or – in facilitating transit is one we very much appreciate.
State Department
Words that sound like “transit”
Words one sound away from transit — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of transit. 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.