--- title: "How to pronounce \"meane\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"meane\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wr1SY3c3KdM/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meane" --- # How to pronounce "meane" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/mæɪːn/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **meane** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition. ### Example Sentences - "meanest, of any patients I ever had." - "meaner to one another um one of the things we've seen from the data about uh safety is sure enough bullying online is" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "meane" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "Any mean. They were the tallest and the shortest, the fattest and the thinnest, the nicest and the meanest, of any patients I ever had. They had every disease, too." - **Watch at 5:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr1SY3c3KdM&t=343s) ### Example 2 > "meaner to one another um one of the things we've seen from the data about uh safety is sure enough bullying online is" - **Watch at 12:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMln5GVyag&t=768s) ### Example 3 > "some of the stories it's it's you know that they're that they're a little meaner than I I'm a little meaner to those some of those characters than I ought than I ought to be uh but I find it I do find it fascinating to write to write stories to to make to make him short to deal with" - **Watch at 27:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNDGQetxdrs&t=1665s) ### Example 4 > "people from the outside. Good to have a strong controller. If you're the CFO and you're not a CPA, I would suggest that you get the strongest, nastiest, meanest, biggest controller you can find. So, I did that. Um, he's he's kind of Dr. No. We appreciate him for that. And, um, former DNT partner, so he's very helpful to me. I have an outside person who does planning, tax and treasury. Uh we have a very good staff at Moody's were able to do that. The" - **Watch at 14:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGhlIVjzW3w&t=840s) ### Example 5 > "scandal is that government circles in the immediate vicinity of the then prime minister robert fico apparently had contacts and dealings with the mafia - meanest contact owned for Vickerman gap meat from what we know so far the Mafia was behind the murder it's scandalous enough to know government circles have" - **Watch at 3:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z5Nu6NWO2U&t=198s) ### Example 6 > "describes the Opel Adam as a bubble car solid and amicable the Opel Adam s has a meaner look a lower ride and an almost racy rear spoiler now she's going to see if it lives up to its promises many details tell the attentive observer that" - **Watch at 0:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueQu5j4pmlc&t=20s) ### Example 7 > "inside and I feel the need to look a bit meaner go for it back to the red carpet at gq's Man of the Year Gala and now I see that also works on the red" - **Watch at 2:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAQiKDmPxxk&t=176s) ### Example 8 > "actual Stingray the new Stingray was even sportier leaner and meaner 47-year-old engineer Oliver trep is a Corvette fan Body and Soul he collects everything connected with this Automotive icon his impressive collection includes" - **Watch at 18:55**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VgoH3D9IJk&t=1135s) ### Example 9 > "even sportier leaner and meaner 47-year-old engineer Oliver trep is a Corvette fan Body and Soul he collects everything connected with this Automotive icon his impressive collection includes" - **Watch at 3:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVcnGT9osjw&t=199s) ### Example 10 > "right um because there are laws and structures set up to make sure that that is not how people get resources. it's just by being bigger and tougher and meaner than the people around them. >> And so, for the most part, society is set up to prevent aggression. Now, you know, again, there are going to be situations when people perceive that they can get away with being aggressive if that's what will get them what they want. And then for most people, they" - **Watch at 17:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSvgDpv4Io&t=1053s) ## How to Pronounce "meane" - **Syllables**: meane - **IPA**: `/mæɪːn/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [meaned](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meaned), [meaning](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meaning), [meanable](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meanable), [meaner](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meaner) ## Related Pronunciations [meade](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meade), [meach](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meach), [mead](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mead), [meaded](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meaded), [meader](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meader), [meady](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meady), [meager](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meager), [meagre](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/meagre) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “meane”? “meane” is pronounced /mæɪːn/ (meane). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### What does “meane” mean? The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition. ### How can I hear “meane” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “meane” with synchronized subtitles. 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