How to pronounce wives in American English
“wives” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to wives the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “wives” in: all accents · British English (110 clips)
“wives” in real sentences — American speakers
357 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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complete control to husbands over their wives and their wives' property.
US National Archives
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Their husbands, our wives.
Dept of Labor
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FILMS EXCEPT AS WIVES OF ASTRONAUTS.
NASA
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.