--- title: "How to pronounce \"cold reading\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"cold reading\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/BByOemHYh0w/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cold-reading" --- # How to pronounce "cold reading" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/kɒldrɪːdɪng/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **col·drea·ding** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "cold reading" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "Is it OK? I Is it fine that we are watching porn? Cold reading class, I think is really helpful." - **Watch at 31:57**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BByOemHYh0w&t=1917s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "cold reading method mediums can make it seem like they have some deep psychic connection with you or hearing a spirit or something like" - **Watch at 2:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Ll9j6R4nU&t=160s) ### Example 3 > "It explains cold reading better than we ever had." - **Watch at 29:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5siSa4A9M_Q&t=1772s) ### Example 4 > "And basically it's like cold reading." - **Watch at 17:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJm-Rfh3sk&t=1036s) ### Example 5 > "So you read a script for the cold reading, you were saying, and you showed up with your own handmade puppet." - **Watch at 16:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngPI-tdjvRY&t=994s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "fortune tellers and what's called cold reading where the idea is you just throw out a bunch of guesses and you throw them out really" - **Watch at 0:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Ll9j6R4nU&t=40s) ### Example 7 > "This is useful. Cold reading makes the other person feel like you know them well, but it doesn't have predictive validity." - **Watch at 23:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJm-Rfh3sk&t=1395s) ### Example 8 > "And my producer said it was the best cold reading of a musical he's ever heard in his life." - **Watch at 16:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTro0gg0QbY&t=995s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "what you just saw is something known as cold reading it's a shotgun approach to psychic phenomena basically" - **Watch at 2:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Ll9j6R4nU&t=130s) ### Example 10 > "the original reading with Steven, it was a cold reading." - **Watch at 10:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngPI-tdjvRY&t=608s) ## How to Pronounce "cold reading" - **Syllables**: col · drea · ding - **IPA**: `/kɒldrɪːdɪng/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [cold](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cold), [reading](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/reading) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “cold reading”? “cold reading” is pronounced /kɒldrɪːdɪng/ (col · drea · ding). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “cold reading”? “cold reading” has 3 syllables: col · drea · ding. ### How can I hear “cold reading” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “cold reading” with synchronized subtitles. 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