pronunciation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: pronunciations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pronuntiation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: pronounciation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
misspelling
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]
In spite of the vague evidence, I think that we may conclude that ME ǭ, like ME ę̄, had two pronunciations during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a more advanced pronunciation with close [oː], and a more conservative one with the ‘intermediate vowel’ [ɔː] […]
gloss: The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
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.
gloss: The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.
Antonyms: mispronunciation
Related words: pronounce
mispronounce
orthoepy
phoneme
Wiktionary:Pronunciation
Derived words: nonpronunciation
Old National Pronunciation
overpronunciation
pronunciational
pronunciation dictionary
pronunciation respelling
repronunciation
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: uitspraak
lang: Albanian
word: shqiptim
lang: Amharic
word: አነጋገር
roman: ʾänägagär
lang: Arabic
word: لَفْظ
roman: lafẓ
lang: Arabic
word: نُطْق
roman: nuṭq
lang: Arabic
word: تَلَفُّظ
roman: talaffuẓ
lang: Armenian
word: արտասանություն
roman: artasanutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: pronunciación
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tələffüz
lang: Bashkir
word: әйтелеш
roman: əyteleş
lang: Basque
word: ahoskera
lang: Belarusian
word: вымаўле́нне
roman: vymawljénnje
lang: Belarusian
word: вымо́ва
roman: vymóva
lang: Bengali
word: উচ্চারণ
roman: uccaron
lang: Central Bikol
word: pagsayod
lang: Bulgarian
word: произноше́ние
roman: proiznošénie
lang: Bulgarian
word: и́зговор
roman: ízgovor
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: высло́вность
roman: vŷslóvnostʹ
lang: Catalan
word: pronunciació
lang: Catalan
word: pronúncia
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 發音 /发音
roman: faat³ jam¹
lang: Chinese
word: 發音 /发音
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 發音 /发音
roman: fāyīn
lang: Czech
word: výslovnost
lang: Danish
word: udtale
lang: Dutch
word: uitspraak
lang: Esperanto
word: prononco
lang: Estonian
word: hääldus
lang: Finnish
word: ääntämys
lang: Finnish
word: ääntäminen
lang: French
word: prononciation
lang: Georgian
word: წარმოთქმა
roman: c̣armotkma
lang: Georgian
word: გამოთქმა
roman: gamotkma
lang: Georgian
word: აქცენტი
roman: akcenṭi
lang: German
word: Aussprache
lang: Greek
word: προφορά
roman: proforá
lang: Hebrew
word: בִּטּוּי
roman: bitúi
lang: Hebrew
word: הֲגִיָּה
roman: hagiya
lang: Hindi
word: उच्चारण
roman: uccāraṇ
lang: Hindi
word: अनुलेखन
roman: anulekhan
lang: Hindi
word: तलफ़्फ़ुज़
roman: talaffuz
lang: Hindi
word: तलफ्फुज
roman: talaphphuj
lang: Hungarian
word: kiejtés
lang: Icelandic
word: framburður
lang: Indonesian
word: lafal
lang: Indonesian
word: cara baca
lang: Indonesian
word: ucapan
lang: Indonesian
word: pengucapan
lang: Interlingua
word: pronunciation
lang: Irish
word: fuaimniú
lang: Italian
word: pronuncia
lang: Japanese
word: 発音
roman: hatsuon
lang: Kannada
word: ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ
roman: uccāraṇe
lang: Kazakh
word: айту
roman: aitu
lang: Khmer
word: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ
roman: rɔɔrɔbiəp bɑɑnlɨɨ sou
lang: Korean
word: 발음
roman: bareum
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bilêvkirin
lang: Kyrgyz
word: айтуу
roman: aytuu
lang: Lao
word: ການອອກສຽງ
roman: kān ʼǭk sīang
lang: Latin
word: prōnuntiātiō
lang: Latvian
word: izruna
lang: Lithuanian
word: tarimas
lang: Macedonian
word: изговор
roman: izgovor
lang: Malay
word: sebutan
lang: Malayalam
word: ഉച്ചാരണം
roman: uccāraṇaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: pronunzja
lang: Marathi
word: उच्चार
roman: uccār
lang: Marathi
word: उच्चारण
roman: uccāraṇ
lang: Mongolian
word: дуудлага
roman: duudlaga
lang: Mongolian
word: дуудахуй
roman: duudaxuj
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: uttale
lang: Pashto
word: تلفظ
roman: talafoz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَلَفُّظ
roman: talaffoz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آوایِش
roman: âvâyeš
lang: Polish
word: wymowa
lang: Portuguese
word: pronúncia
lang: Portuguese
word: pronunciação
lang: Portuguese
word: prolação
lang: Romanian
word: pronunție
lang: Romanian
word: pronunțare
lang: Romansh
word: pronunzia
lang: Russian
word: произноше́ние
roman: proiznošénije
lang: Russian
word: вы́говор
roman: výgovor
lang: Russian
word: акце́нт
roman: akcént
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: и̏згово̄р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ȉzgovōr
lang: Sinhalese
word: උච්චාරණය
roman: uccāraṇaya
lang: Slovak
word: výslovnosť
lang: Slovene
word: izgovorjáva
lang: Spanish
word: pronunciación
lang: Swedish
word: uttal
lang: Tagalog
word: pagbigkas
lang: Tajik
word: талаффуз
roman: talaffuz
lang: Tamil
word: உச்சரிப்பு
roman: uccarippu
lang: Tatar
word: әйтелеш
roman: äyteleş
lang: Telugu
word: ఉచ్ఛారణ
roman: ucchāraṇa
lang: Thai
word: เสียงอ่าน
roman: sǐiang-àan
lang: Thai
word: การออกเสียง
roman: gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang
lang: Tibetan
word: སྒྲ
roman: sgra
lang: Turkish
word: söyleyiş
lang: Turkish
word: telaffuz
lang: Turkmen
word: aýdylyş
lang: Turkmen
word: käýinç
lang: Ukrainian
word: вимо́ва
roman: vymóva
lang: Ukrainian
word: вимовля́ння
roman: vymovljánnja
lang: Urdu
word: تَلَفُّظ
roman: talaffuz
lang: Urdu
word: طَرْزِ اَدا
roman: tarz-i adā
lang: Urdu
word: لَب و لَہْجَہ
roman: lab o lahja
lang: Uyghur
word: تەلەپپۇز
roman: teleppuz
lang: Uzbek
word: talaffuz
lang: Vietnamese
word: cách phát âm
lang: Welsh
word: cynaniad
lang: Yiddish
word: אויסשפּראַך
roman: oysshprakh
lang: Yiddish
word: אַרויסרעד
roman: aroysred
lang: Zhuang
word: fatyaem