How to pronounce wives in British English
“wives” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to wives the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “wives” in: all accents · American English (357 clips)
“wives” in real sentences — British speakers
110 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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wives as we will see political wives obviously were more numerous than hostesses but equally in
UK Parliament
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It's their husbands and wives.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “wives”
Words one sound away from wives — 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 wives. 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.