English Explanatory Dictionary

pronounce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
  2. To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
  3. To pronounce dead.
  4. To pass judgment.
  5. To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
  6. To sound like.
  7. To produce the components of speech.
  8. To read aloud.
  9. To emphasize, highlight.
noun
  1. Eggcorn of pronouns.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈnaʊns/ en-us-pronounce.ogg /prɵˈnawns/

Word forms

pronounce pronounces pronouncing pronounced

Etymology

Recorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiō, itself from prō- (“forth, out, in public”) + nūntiō (“to announce”) from nūntius (“messenger”).

Related words

pronouncement pronunciation

Derived words

how do you pronounce this word mispronounce overpronounce pronounceability pronounceable pronounced pronouncer pronouncing pronouncing dictionary repronounce self-pronouncing unpronouncing

Translations

Bulgarian: заявя́вам Bulgarian: произна́сям Bulgarian: произнеса́ Czech: prohlásit Czech: vyslovovat Czech: vyslovit Danish: erklære Danish: udtale Dutch: zich zich uitspreken Dutch: uitspreken Finnish: julistaa Finnish: ääntää Finnish: lausua Hungarian: nyilvánít Hungarian: ejt Hungarian: kiejt Hungarian: kimond Russian: объявля́ть Russian: объяви́ть Russian: провозгла́шать Russian: провозгласи́ть Russian: произноси́ть Russian: произнести́ Swedish: förklara Swedish: uttala Albanian: shqiptoj Arabic: لَفَظَ Arabic: نَطَقَ Armenian: արտասանել Azerbaijani: tələffüz etmək Belarusian: вымаўля́ць Belarusian: вы́мавіць Bengali: উচ্চারণ করা Burmese: ပြောဆိုသည် Carpathian Rusyn: вы́словити Catalan: pronunciar Chinese Cantonese: 發音 /发音 Eastern Min Chinese: 發音 /发音 Hakka Chinese: 發音 /发音 Chinese: 發音 /发音 Chinese Mandarin: 發音 /发音 Wu Chinese: 發音 /发音 Esperanto: prononci Esperanto: elparoli Estonian: hääldama French: prononcer Galician: pronunciar German: aussprechen German: pronunzieren Greek: προφέρω Hebrew: ביטא \ בִּטֵּא Hindi: सुनाना Hindi: उच्चारण करना Icelandic: bera fram Ido: pronuncar Irish: fuaimnigh Italian: pronunziare Italian: pronunciare Japanese: 発音する Kazakh: айту Kazakh: сөйлеу Khmer: ហុច Khmer: អាន Korean: 발음하다 Kyrgyz: айтуу
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