--- title: "How to pronounce \"shepherde\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"shepherde\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q-VhpsHZurk/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shepherde" --- # How to pronounce "shepherde" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ʃɛfɛrd/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **she·pherde** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - Obsolete spelling of shepherd. - *Example*: "19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby The swanherds where their sedges are Mov'd on in sunset's golden breath, The shepherde lads I heard afarre, And my sonne's wife, Elizabeth;" ### Example Sentences - "19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby The swanherds where their sedges are Mov'd on in sunset's golden breath, The shepherde lads I heard afarre, And my sonne's wife, Elizabeth;" - "shepherded into adulthood. But the Jewishness was certainly a big part of my father's appeal." - "shepherdess? To go around in the woods and playing at being a shepherdess, not marrying, these two have squandered-- their estates--have squandered this possibi" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "shepherde" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "A lowering infant mortality rate and the spread of media meant that children could be appreciated for their adorableness instead of being grimly shepherded into adulthood. But the Jewishness was certainly a big part of my father's appeal. I still wasn't sure what kind of story I would be able to tell." - **Watch at 8:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-VhpsHZurk&t=519s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "shepherdess? To go around in the woods and playing at being a shepherdess, not marrying, these two have squandered-- their estates--have squandered this possibility..." - **Watch at 49:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHJ9E0EDEAI&t=2959s) ### Example 3 *Accent: UK* > "shepherdess or shepherdess shepherdess or shepherdess" - **Watch at 0:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05bWvbMdjdw&t=3s) ### Example 4 > "open relationship with my husband for over two decades now. So, for 20 years, 20 out of 33 years. We've been open longer than we've been closed. And we were shepherded by people who are now in their 70s and 80s who are still in their open relationships and they taught us a lot about what to do to keep ourselves safe, both physically and emotionally, which is something interesting." - **Watch at 29:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMCd3WbgGk&t=1798s) ### Example 5 > "The school ensures that its graduates learn the skills they'll need to live from their dream job. Experienced shepherdess Gabriella also has some good advice for the new recruits. If you're prepared to love the land and the animals, and don't see living such a life as making a sacrifice –" - **Watch at 4:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_saeFtIECY&t=251s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "about shepherdesses, which are around, but uh in I probably in other" - **Watch at 66:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtYOSkDiz3Y&t=3992s) ### Example 7 *Accent: UK* > "you shepherdess or shepherdess" - **Watch at 0:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05bWvbMdjdw&t=32s) ### Example 8 *Accent: UK* > "you shepherdess or shepherdess" - **Watch at 0:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05bWvbMdjdw&t=44s) ### Example 9 > "We were shepherded through the border into Tijuana." - **Watch at 1:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npWF76pA0EU&t=86s) ### Example 10 > "And he really he shepherded it through from the proposal phase all the way to the end." - **Watch at 10:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXal87PM3rw&t=601s) ## How to Pronounce "shepherde" - **Syllables**: she · pherde - **IPA**: `/ʃɛfɛrd/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [shepherded](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shepherded), [shepherding](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shepherding), [shepherder](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shepherder) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “shepherde”? “shepherde” is pronounced /ʃɛfɛrd/ (she · pherde). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “shepherde”? “shepherde” has 2 syllables: she · pherde. ### What does “shepherde” mean? Obsolete spelling of shepherd. ### How can I hear “shepherde” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “shepherde” with synchronized subtitles. 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