Question 1

How do native speakers pronounce "erstwhile" in English?

Accepted Answer

In natural English speech, "erstwhile" appears in contexts such as: "And then on the other hand, you've got quite ranty on Truth Social Donald Trump, where he's made two quite dramatic threats against erstwhile American allies. So, here to help us reconcile those two very different faces of Donald Trump is the BBC International Editor, Jeremy Bowen. Hi, Jeremy.". You can listen to the exact timestamped audio clip in the accompanying video.

Question 2

Where can I hear "erstwhile" used in a real sentence?

Accepted Answer

Our pronunciation database found 2 conversational video occurrences of "erstwhile" with real-time synchronized transcripts and full surrounding sentence context.

How to pronounce “erstwhile” in English

All Video Occurrences for “erstwhile” (2)

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