pronunciation
Etymology
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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").
Pronunciation- enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA: /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən]
- (UK) IPA: /prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn/
- enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA: /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)
- enPR: prə-nŭn'-shē-ā′-shən, IPA: /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃʌn/
pronunciation
- (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
- What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
- (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
- His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
- (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.
- French: prononciation
- German: Aussprache
- Italian: pronuncia, pronunzia
- Portuguese: pronúncia
- Russian: произноше́ние
- Spanish: pronunciación
- French: prononciation
- German: Aussprache
- Italian: pronuncia
- Portuguese: pronúncia, pronunciação, prolação
- Russian: произноше́ние
- Spanish: pronunciación
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