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pronunciation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
  2. The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
  3. The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.

Pronunciation

prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩/ [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən] En-us-pronunciation.ogg prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ prə-nŭn'-shē-ā′-shən /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃʌn/ /prɵ.nəns(.ɪ)ˈjeː.ʃən/ /prɵˌnaʊns(.ɪ)ˌjeː.ʃən/

Word forms

pronunciation pronunciations pronuntiation pronounciation

Etymology

From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, pronunciation, from Latin prōnūntiātiō, noun of action from perfect passive participle prōnūntiātus, from verb prōnūntiāre (“proclaim”), from prō- (“for”) + nūntiāre (“announce”). Doublet of pronuntiatio.

Antonyms

mispronunciation

Related words

pronounce mispronounce orthoepy phoneme Wiktionary:Pronunciation

Derived words

nonpronunciation Old National Pronunciation overpronunciation pronunciational pronunciation dictionary pronunciation respelling repronunciation

Translations

Afrikaans: uitspraak Albanian: shqiptim Amharic: አነጋገር Arabic: لَفْظ Arabic: نُطْق Arabic: تَلَفُّظ Armenian: արտասանություն Asturian: pronunciación Azerbaijani: tələffüz Bashkir: әйтелеш Basque: ahoskera Belarusian: вымаўле́нне Belarusian: вымо́ва Bengali: উচ্চারণ Central Bikol: pagsayod Bulgarian: произноше́ние Bulgarian: и́зговор Carpathian Rusyn: высло́вность Catalan: pronunciació Catalan: pronúncia Chinese Cantonese: 發音 /发音 Chinese: 發音 /发音 Chinese Mandarin: 發音 /发音 Czech: výslovnost Danish: udtale Dutch: uitspraak Esperanto: prononco Estonian: hääldus Finnish: ääntämys Finnish: ääntäminen French: prononciation Georgian: წარმოთქმა Georgian: გამოთქმა Georgian: აქცენტი German: Aussprache Greek: προφορά Hebrew: בִּטּוּי Hebrew: הֲגִיָּה Hindi: उच्चारण Hindi: अनुलेखन Hindi: तलफ़्फ़ुज़ Hindi: तलफ्फुज Hungarian: kiejtés Icelandic: framburður Indonesian: lafal Indonesian: cara baca Indonesian: ucapan Indonesian: pengucapan Interlingua: pronunciation Irish: fuaimniú Italian: pronuncia Japanese: 発音 Kannada: ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ Kazakh: айту Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ
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