How to pronounce zoo in American English
“zoo” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to zoo the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “zoo” in: all accents · British English (38 clips)
“zoo” in real sentences — American speakers
391 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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exotic animals, zoo animals.
CDC
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at the Indianapolis Zoo did, so.
The Obama White House
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resource managers, zoo biologists and others.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “zoo”
Words one sound away from zoo — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “zoo”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of zoo. 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.