# pronunciation
## English
### Alternative forms

* pronuntiation (obsolete)
* pronounciation (nonstandard, misspelling)

### 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.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA: /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən]
* Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn/
* enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA: /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)
* (obsolete) enPR: prə-nŭn'-shē-ā′-shən, IPA: /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃʌn/
* Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

pronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural pronunciations)
* (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
    What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
** 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 211:☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth; […]
* (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
    His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
** 1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, pages 77-78; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.
* (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
** 1831, Thomas Oughton, James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law, page 62:The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

#### Antonyms

* mispronunciation

#### Hyponyms

* Received Pronunciation
* spelling pronunciation

#### Derived terms

* Old National Pronunciation
* pronunciational
* pronunciation dictionary
* pronunciation respelling

#### Related terms

* pronounce
* mispronounce

#### Translations

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### See also

* orthoepy
* phoneme
* Wiktionary:Pronunciation

### References

* ↑ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 12.24, page 343.

### Further reading

* pronunciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pronuntsjaˈtsjon/

### Noun

pronunciation (plural pronunciationes)
* pronunciation
* pronunciation proclamation, manifest

#### Synonyms

* (proclamation): pronunciamento

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* prononciation

### Noun

pronunciation f (plural pronunciations)
* oration; speech; talk (act of expressing a message verbally)
* pronunciation; pronouncement (of a verdict)
* pronunciation

#### Descendants

* French: prononciation
* → Middle English: pronunciacioun, pronunciacion
** English: pronunciation
** Scots: pronunciacione