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# How to pronounce "second sound" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/sɛkɒndsæʊnd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **se·con·dsound**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "second sound" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "The top of the tongue pushes forward and lifts a bit. The second sound is the IH as in SIT vowel. To transition into this position, your jaw will lift as the top, front part of the tongue arches towards the roof of the mouth."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOuD6mFr6sQ&t=32s)

### Example 2
> "the second sound. The 'ow' as in 'now' diphthong. Sample words: cow, bow, sound. Sample sentence:"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPImmffXzc&t=90s)

### Example 3
> "5-second sound bite on the evening news or the five minutes you get in front of Congress and you know in a way in my darkest"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 32:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXaruC4vJCU&t=1969s)

### Example 4
> "say the second sound feels-- There we go."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 30:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgUVjKsP_wc&t=1846s)

### Example 5
> "- With the two sounds I played at the beginning, the first was a pure 100 hertz. But the second sound was made up of the harmonics of 50 hertz. So you actually heard this fundamental frequency, even though it wasn't there."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 6:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn07AMCfaAI&t=395s)

### Example 6
> "And that little backflow will slam shut the semilunar valves. And that's the second sound that we hear. So it's all about pressure differentials."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 35:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eIuQAMTI4I&t=2100s)

### Example 7
> "and then the second sound is here at the front of the mouth, where the tongue will go up to the roof"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYSWtIsxoOQ&t=287s)

### Example 8
> "In the second sound the tongue stretches up towards the soft palate. The tip of the tongue is touching the bottom front teeth in the first sound, but is not quite touching in"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPImmffXzc&t=77s)

### Example 9
> "that's my second sound sound bite is think it may sometimes seem as if you're wasting your time when you're spending some weeks simply reading other people's"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 12:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrURvOFTdcE&t=734s)

### Example 10
> "Then it plays that second sound wave, and because of destructive interference, you get silence where there used to be noise."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOdEvhEjO2I&t=61s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [second](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/second), [sound](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sound)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "second sound" correctly?
"second sound" is pronounced `/sɛkɒndsæʊnd/`. Syllable breakdown: **se·con·dsound**.

### What does "second sound" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "second sound" in daily English.

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