enunciate

enunciate

English

Etymology

From Latin ēnuntiātus, past participle of ēnuntiō (“to report, declare”), from ē- + nūntiō (“to report”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/

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• Hyphenation: e‧nun‧ci‧ate

Verb

enunciate (third-person singular simple present enunciates, present participle enunciating, simple past and past participle enunciated)

1. (transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.
2. To announce, proclaim.
   • 1829, Reverend James Marsh, Preface to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection (originally published 1825)

     the terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel

3. (transitive) To articulate, pronounce.

   You must enunciate all the syllables.

4. (intransitive) To make sounds clearly.

   Enunciate when you speak.

Related terms

• enunciable
• enunciation
• enunciator

Translations

To articulate, pronounce

Bulgarian: изговарям (bg) (izgovarjam), произнасям (bg) (proiznasjam) Catalan: enunciar (ca) Dutch: articuleren (nl) Finnish: ääntää (fi), lausua (fi) German: artikulieren (de), aussprechen (de), verkünden (de) Greek: προφέρω (el) (proféro), διατυπώνω (el) (diatypóno) Russian: отчётливо (ru) (otčótlivo) произноси́ть (ru) (proiznosítʹ), проговаривать (ru) impf (progovarivatʹ), чеканить (ru) impf (čekanitʹ), отчеканить (ru) pf (otčekanitʹ) Swedish: uttala (sv) Turkish: beyan etmek (tr) (obsolescent), bildirmek (tr), ilan etmek (tr)

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Italian

Verb

enunciate

1. inflection of enunciare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

enunciate f pl

1. feminine plural of enunciato

Anagrams

• incuneate

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Latin

Participle

ēnunciāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēnunciātus