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# How to pronounce "single quote" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/sɪnglɛkwɒʊt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **sin·gle·qu·ote**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "single quote" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "can do something and change. And I I can sum up personal responsibility in a single quote by Kobe Bryant. Booze don't block dunks. That's personal responsibility. You can get so good at something that no matter how much people hate you, the best athletes in the world were paid millions of dollars and"
- **Watch at 29:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct2k6iXLurg&t=1755s)

### Example 2
*Accent: UK*
> "Single quote symbols, it's quote begin quote Quote procedure quote. That's another reserved word in the ALGOL language"
- **Watch at 7:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2M4ttzBnY&t=456s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "single quote you saw it you emit it a says anything you see anything pass it along any asky character and then you better see a matching single quote and"
- **Watch at 22:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGizBNflVKw&t=1366s)

### Example 4
> "and Yaniv Kogan, love the guy, he has terrifying powers of concentration. He checked every single quote. Is that correct, Mouin? And Jamie checked every single quote in the English in the context."
- **Watch at 191:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_KdkoGxSs&t=11485s)

### Example 5
> "He checked every single quote. Is that correct, Mouin? And Jamie checked every single quote in the English in the context. And were there were any contextual questions, they told us. - I think they found one."
- **Watch at 191:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_KdkoGxSs&t=11490s)

### Example 6
> "So it gives me three specific examples, very plausible, correct names of athletes and contemporaries and all of that, could have been true. Googled every single quote and none of them existed. - Yeah. - And so I'm like, well, that's really not good."
- **Watch at 44:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diJp4zoQPqo&t=2647s)

### Example 7
> "is invaluable so you want to get a team of people who are the best at what they do but the most important aspect to him was that a single quote-unquote b player on the team destroys the entire productivity of the team is there something that brings true to that so he was this could be a temper thing but vicious about firing and removing the"
- **Watch at 68:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2RcVEftY48&t=4111s)

### Example 8
> "The breakthrough for me was to accept that I was hopelessly average and that that was still going to allow me to be successful. I can sum up personal responsibility in a single quote by Kobe Bryant. Booze don't block dunks. The most insidious thing about excuses, you have a valid reason to feel like a victim, but the question is, is that going to serve you moving forward? When"
- **Watch at 0:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct2k6iXLurg&t=28s)

### Example 9
*Accent: UK*
> "I put in a single quote instead of Hamor that's what happens now you can see those few percents of different colors and the reason is because what's happened is this first percent is inside"
- **Watch at 3:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciNHn38EyRc&t=238s)

### Example 10
*Accent: UK*
> "then a single quote ok so let's break down what this is doing the script here is telling the website that this is a script to be run and not a standard piece of HTML then the"
- **Watch at 10:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1QEs3mdJoc&t=606s)


## How to Pronounce "single quote"

- **Syllables**: sin · gle · qu · ote
- **IPA**: `/sɪnglɛkwɒʊt/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[single](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/single), [quote](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/quote)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “single quote”?
“single quote” is pronounced /sɪnglɛkwɒʊt/ (sin · gle · qu · ote). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “single quote”?
“single quote” has 4 syllables: sin · gle · qu · ote.

### How can I hear “single quote” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “single quote” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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