How to pronounce whale in American English
“whale” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to whale the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “whale” in: all accents · British English (35 clips)
“whale” in real sentences — American speakers
241 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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decrease in whale population.
NSF
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So it seems really -- -- The blue whale.
The Obama White House
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And it did look like a big whale.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “whale”
Words one sound away from whale — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “whale”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of whale. 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.