Pronunciation Verb
pronounce (pronounces, present participle pronouncing; past and past participle pronounced)
- (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
- I hereby pronounce you man and wife.
- (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
- The doctor pronounced them legally dead.
- (transitive) To pronounce dead.
- 2015, April 30, Carol H. Allan, David R. Fowler (medical examiners), Freddie Gray autopsy: excerpt from the report, published in The Baltimore Sun, June 24, 2015
- Despite resuscitative efforts, Mr. Gray was pronounced on 4/19/2015.
- 2015, April 30, Carol H. Allan, David R. Fowler (medical examiners), Freddie Gray autopsy: excerpt from the report, published in The Baltimore Sun, June 24, 2015
- (intransitive) To pass judgment.
- The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.
- (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, page 182:
- They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.
- (in passive) To sound like.
- The Icelandic double l in Eyjafjallajökull is pronounced tl.
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, page 182:
- (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
- Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
- (transitive) To read aloud.
- French: déclarer
- German: verkünden
- Italian: dichiarare
- Portuguese: declarar
- Russian: объявля́ть
- Russian: объявля́ть
- Italian: emettere
- French: prononcer
- German: aussprechen, pronunzieren
- Italian: pronunziare, pronunciare
- Portuguese: pronunciar
- Russian: произноси́ть
- Spanish: pronunciar
- Russian: произноси́ть
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