pronounce
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: pronounces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pronouncing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pronounced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pronounced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
I hereby pronounce you man and wife.
gloss: To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The doctor pronounced them legally dead.
Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
See there! A son is born
And we pronounce him fit to fight
There are blackheads on his shoulders
And he pees himself in the night.
“If any pupil considers it acceptable to bring a pet into this school, let me tell you it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden!” pronounced the headmaster from the front of the class.
Paramedics attended, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
gloss: To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Despite resuscitative efforts, Mr. Gray was pronounced on 4/19/2015.
gloss: To pass judgment.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.
gloss: To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.
I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.
gloss: To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Icelandic double l in Eyjafjallajökull is pronounced tl.
The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of roaſted apples, ſugar, and ale.
The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill.
The DPRK (Joseon Minjujui Inmin Konghuaguk 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國) is read in Chinese as Chaoxian minzhu zhuyi renmin gonghe guo, and its capital, Pyeonyang, is pronounced Pingrang 平壤.
gloss: To produce the components of speech.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
gloss: To read aloud.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To emphasize, highlight.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The two men standing are facing with their backs towards the audience, wearing tight knitted garments that pronounce their bottoms.
Bro I've been saying this for the longest time. The problem is that this country loves gossip bro. It pronounces how shallow thinking we are and becoming a lucrative ground for narratives to fog our thinking if we don't outsource it.
gloss: Eggcorn of pronouns.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Related words: pronouncement
pronunciation
Derived words: how do you pronounce this word
mispronounce
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pronouncing dictionary
repronounce
self-pronouncing
unpronouncing
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: заявя́вам
roman: zajavjávam
lang: Czech
word: prohlásit
lang: Danish
word: erklære
lang: Dutch
word: zich zich uitspreken
lang: Finnish
word: julistaa
lang: Hungarian
word: nyilvánít
lang: Russian
word: объявля́ть
roman: obʺjavljátʹ
lang: Russian
word: объяви́ть
roman: obʺjavítʹ
lang: Russian
word: провозгла́шать
roman: provozglášatʹ
lang: Russian
word: провозгласи́ть
roman: provozglasítʹ
lang: Swedish
word: förklara
lang: Albanian
word: shqiptoj
lang: Arabic
word: لَفَظَ
roman: lafaẓa
lang: Arabic
word: نَطَقَ
roman: naṭaqa
lang: Armenian
word: արտասանել
roman: artasanel
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tələffüz etmək
lang: Belarusian
word: вымаўля́ць
roman: vymawljácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: вы́мавіць
roman: výmavicʹ
lang: Bengali
word: উচ্চারণ করা
roman: uccaron kora
lang: Bulgarian
word: произна́сям
roman: proiznásjam
lang: Bulgarian
word: произнеса́
roman: proiznesá
lang: Burmese
word: ပြောဆိုသည်
roman: prau:hcuisany
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: вы́словити
roman: vŷ́slovyty
lang: Catalan
word: pronunciar
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 發音 /发音
roman: faat³ jam¹
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 發音 /发音
roman: huák-ĭng
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 發音 /发音
roman: fat-yîm
lang: Chinese
word: 發音 /发音
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 發音 /发音
roman: fāyīn
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 發音 /发音
lang: Czech
word: vyslovovat
lang: Czech
word: vyslovit
lang: Danish
word: udtale
lang: Dutch
word: uitspreken
lang: Esperanto
word: prononci
lang: Esperanto
word: elparoli
lang: Estonian
word: hääldama
lang: Finnish
word: ääntää
lang: Finnish
word: lausua
lang: French
word: prononcer
lang: Galician
word: pronunciar
lang: German
word: aussprechen
lang: German
word: pronunzieren
lang: Greek
word: προφέρω
roman: proféro
lang: Hebrew
word: ביטא \ בִּטֵּא
roman: bité
lang: Hindi
word: सुनाना
roman: sunānā
lang: Hindi
word: उच्चारण करना
roman: uccāraṇ karnā
lang: Hungarian
word: ejt
lang: Hungarian
word: kiejt
lang: Hungarian
word: kimond
lang: Icelandic
word: bera fram
lang: Ido
word: pronuncar
lang: Irish
word: fuaimnigh
lang: Italian
word: pronunziare
lang: Italian
word: pronunciare
lang: Japanese
word: 発音する
roman: hatsuon suru
lang: Kazakh
word: айту
roman: aitu
lang: Kazakh
word: сөйлеу
roman: söileu
lang: Khmer
word: ហុច
roman: hoc
lang: Khmer
word: អាន
roman: ʼaan
lang: Korean
word: 발음하다
roman: bareumhada
lang: Kyrgyz
word: айтуу
roman: aytuu
lang: Lao
word: ອອກສຽງ
roman: ʼǭk sīang
lang: Latvian
word: izrunāt
lang: Lithuanian
word: ištarti
lang: Macedonian
word: изговара
roman: izgovara
lang: Macedonian
word: изговори
roman: izgovori
lang: Mongolian
word: хэлэх
roman: xelex
lang: Mongolian
word: дуудах
roman: duudax
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: uttale
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: uttala
lang: Dari
word: تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن
roman: talaffuz kardan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن
roman: talaffoz kardan
lang: Polish
word: wymawiać
lang: Polish
word: wymówić
lang: Portuguese
word: pronunciar
lang: Romanian
word: pronunța
lang: Russian
word: произноси́ть
roman: proiznosítʹ
lang: Russian
word: произнести́
roman: proiznestí
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fuaimnich
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: изгова́рати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: изгово̀рити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: izgovárati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: izgovòriti
lang: Slovak
word: vyslovovať
lang: Slovak
word: vysloviť
lang: Slovene
word: izgovarjati
lang: Slovene
word: izgovoriti
lang: Spanish
word: pronunciar
lang: Swedish
word: uttala
lang: Tajik
word: талаффус кардан
roman: talaffus kardan
lang: Tajik
word: талаффуз кардан
roman: talaffuz kardan
lang: Thai
word: ออกเสียง
roman: ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang
lang: Turkish
word: telâffuz etmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: вимовля́ти
roman: vymovljáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́мовити
roman: výmovyty
lang: Urdu
word: تَلَفُّظ کَرْنا
roman: talaffuz karnā
lang: Uyghur
word: تەلپپۇز قىلماق
roman: telppuz qilmaq
lang: Uzbek
word: talaffuz qilmoq
lang: Venetan
word: parnonciar
lang: Vietnamese
word: phát âm
lang: Walloon
word: prononcî
lang: Yiddish
word: אַרויסרעדן
roman: aroysredn
lang: Zulu
word: -phimisa