pronunciation

pronunciation

See also Wiktionary:Pronunciation

English

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn/
• enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)
• (obsolete) enPR: prə-nŭn'-shē-ā′-shən, IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃʌn/[1]

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion

Noun

pronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural pronunciations)

1. (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

   What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, OCLC 37805775, page 211:

     ☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth; […]

2. (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

   His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

3. (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.

Antonyms

• mispronunciation

Hyponyms

• Received Pronunciation
• spelling pronunciation

Derived terms

• pronunciational
• pronunciation dictionary
• pronunciation guide
• pronunciation respelling

 

Related terms

• pronounce
• mispronounce

Translations

sound of a word

Afrikaans: uitspraak (af) Albanian: shqiptim (sq) m Amharic: አነጋገር (ʾänägagär) Arabic: نُطْق‎ m (nuṭq), لَفْظ‎ (ar) m (lafẓ), تَلَفُّظ‎ m (talaffuẓ) Hijazi Arabic: نُطق‎ m (nuṭg) Armenian: արտասանություն (hy) (artasanutʿyun) Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az) Bashkir: әйтелеш (äyteleş) Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n (vymaŭljénnje), вымо́ва f (vymóva) Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) (uccarôṇô) Bikol Central: sawod, sayod (bcl) Breton: distagadur (br) m Bulgarian: произноше́ние (bg) n (proiznošénie), и́зговор (bg) m (ízgovor) Burmese: အသံထွက် (my) (a.samhtwak) Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 發音, 发音 (faat3 jam1) Dungan: куйин (kuyin) Mandarin: 發音／发音 (zh) (fāyīn) Min Nan: 發音 (zh-min-nan), 发音 (hoat-im) Corsican: prununzia (co) f, prununcia (co) f Czech: výslovnost (cs) f Danish: udtale (da) c Dutch: uitspraak (nl) f Esperanto: elparolo Estonian: hääldus (et) Finnish: ääntämys (fi) French: prononciation (fr) f Galician: pronunciación (gl) f Gamilaraay: dhaalan Georgian: წარმოთქმა (c̣armotkma), გამოთქმა (gamotkma) German: Aussprache (de) f Greek: προφορά (el) f (proforá) Hebrew: הגייה \\ הֲגִיָּה‎ f (hagiya) Hindi: उच्चारण (hi) m (uccāraṇ) Hungarian: kiejtés (hu), ejtés Icelandic: framburður (is) m Indonesian: cara baca, pelafalan Interlingua: pronunciation (ia) Irish: fuaimniú m Italian: pronuncia (it) f, pronunzia (it) f Japanese: 発音 (ja) (はつおん, hatsuon) Kapampangan: agkas Kashmiri: وۄشژار‎ (ks) (vọśċār) Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu) Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiəp bɑnlɨɨ sou) Korean: 발음(發音) (ko) (bareum) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گۆ کردن‎ (ku) (go kirdin) Northern Kurdish: bilêvkirin (ku) Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu) Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang) Latvian: izruna f Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m Macedonian: изговор m (izgovor) Malay: sebutan (ms) Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (ml) (uccāraṇaṃ) Maori: whakahua Mongolian: Cyrillic: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudaxuj) Northern Sami: báhkkodit Norwegian: uttale (no) m Pashto: تلفظ‎ (ps) m (talaffoz) Persian: تلفظ‎ (fa) (talaffoz) Polish: wymowa (pl) f Portuguese: pronúncia (pt) f Romanian: pronunție (ro) f, pronunțare (ro) f Russian: произноше́ние (ru) n (proiznošénije) Rusyn: высло́вность f (vŷslóvnostʹ) Samogitian: tarėms Sardinian: pronuntzia f Scots: pronunciation Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: и̏згово̄р m Roman: ȉzgovōr (sh) m Sinhalese: උච්චාරණය (si) (uccāraṇaya) Slovak: výslovnosť f Slovene: izgovorjáva (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wugronjenje n, wugrono n Upper Sorbian: wurěkowanje n, artikulacija f, wurěč f Spanish: pronunciación (es) f Swahili: matamshi (sw) Swedish: uttal (sv) n, (please verify) frambörd Tagalog: bigkas (tl) Tajik: талаффуз (tg) (talaffuz) Tamil: உச்சரிப்பு (ta) (uccarippu), பலுக்கல் (ta) (palukkal) Tatar: әйтелеш (tt) (äyteleş) Thai: การออกเสียง (th) (gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang) Turkish: telaffuz (tr) Turkmen: aýdylyş, käýinç Ukrainian: вимо́ва (uk) f (vymóva), вимовля́ння (uk) n (vymovljánnja) Uyghur: تەلەپپۇز‎ (teleppuz) Uzbek: talaffuz (uz), aytilish (uz) Vietnamese: cách phát âm (vi) (發音), cách đọc (vi) West Flemish: uutsproake West Frisian: útspraak Yiddish: אַרויסרעד‎ m (aroysred)

way in which words are pronounced

Afrikaans: uitspraak (af) Albanian: shqiptim (sq) m Amharic: አነጋገር (ʾänägagär) Arabic: لَفْظ‎ (ar) m (lafẓ), نُطْق‎ m (nuṭq), تَلَفُّظ‎ m (talaffuẓ) Armenian: արտասանություն (hy) (artasanutʿyun) Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az) Bashkir: әйтелеш (äyteleş) Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n (vymaŭljénnje), вымо́ва f (vymóva) Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) (uccarôṇô) Bikol Central: pagsayod Bulgarian: произноше́ние (bg) n (proiznošénie), и́зговор (bg) m (ízgovor) Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 發音, 发音 (faat3 jam1) Mandarin: 發音／发音 (zh) (fāyīn) Min Nan: 發音 (zh-min-nan), 发音 (hoat-im) Czech: výslovnost (cs) f Danish: udtale (da) Dutch: uitspraak (nl) f Esperanto: prononco (eo) Estonian: hääldus (et) Finnish: ääntämys (fi), ääntäminen (fi) French: prononciation (fr) f Georgian: წარმოთქმა (c̣armotkma), გამოთქმა (gamotkma), აქცენტი (akcenṭi) German: Aussprache (de) f Greek: προφορά (el) (proforá) Hebrew: ביטוי \\ בִּטּוּי‎ m (bitúi), הגייה \\ הֲגִיָּה‎ f (hagiya) Hindi: उच्चारण (hi) m (uccāraṇ), अनुलेखन (anulekhan) Hungarian: kiejtés (hu) Icelandic: framburður (is) m Indonesian: lafal (id), cara baca, ucapan (id), pengucapan (id) Interlingua: pronunciation (ia) Italian: pronuncia (it) f Japanese: 発音 (ja) (はつおん, hatsuon) Kannada: ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ (kn) (uccāraṇe) Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu) Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiəp bɑnlɨɨ sou) Korean: 발음(發音) (ko) (bareum) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: bilêvkirin (ku) Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu) Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang) Latin: prōnuntiātiō f Latvian: izruna f Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m Macedonian: изговор m (izgovor) Malay: sebutan (ms) Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (ml) (uccāraṇaṃ) Maltese: pronunzja (mt) f Mongolian: Cyrillic: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudaxuj) Norwegian: uttale (no) m Pashto: تلفظ‎ (ps) m (talafóz) Persian: تلفظ‎ (fa) (talaffoz) Polish: wymowa (pl) f Portuguese: pronúncia (pt), pronunciação (pt) f, prolação (pt) f Romanian: pronunție (ro) f, pronunțare (ro) f Russian: произноше́ние (ru) n (proiznošénije), вы́говор (ru) m (výgovor), акце́нт (ru) m (akcént) Rusyn: высло́вность (vŷslóvnostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: и̏згово̄р m Roman: ȉzgovōr (sh) m Sinhalese: උච්චාරණය (si) (uccāraṇaya) Slovak: výslovnosť f Slovene: izgovorjáva (sl) f Spanish: pronunciación (es) f Swedish: uttal (sv) n Tagalog: pagbigkas (tl) Tajik: талаффуз (tg) (talaffuz) Tamil: உச்சரிப்பு (ta) (uccarippu) Tatar: әйтелеш (tt) (äyteleş) Telugu: ఉచ్ఛారణ (ucchāraṇa) Thai: เสียงอ่าน (sǐiang-àan), การออกเสียง (th) (gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang) Tibetan: སྒྲ (sgra) Turkish: söyleyiş (tr), telaffuz (tr) Turkmen: aýdylyş, käýinç Ukrainian: вимо́ва (uk) f (vymóva), вимовля́ння (uk) n (vymovljánnja) Urdu: تلفظ‎ (talaffoz) Uyghur: تەلەپپۇز‎ (teleppuz) Uzbek: talaffuz (uz) Vietnamese: cách phát âm (vi) (發音) Welsh: cynaniad (cy) Yiddish: אויסשפּראַך‎ f (oysshprakh), אַרויסרעד‎ m (aroysred) Zhuang: fatyaem

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Translations to be checked

Volapük (please verify) pronimag (vo)

See also

• orthoepy
• phoneme
• Wiktionary:Pronunciation

References

1. Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 12.24, page 343.

Further reading

• pronunciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pronuntsjaˈtsjon/

Noun

pronunciation (plural pronunciationes)

1. pronunciation
2. pronunciation proclamation, manifest

Synonyms

• (proclamation): pronunciamento

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• prononciation

Noun

pronunciation f (plural pronunciations)

1. oration; speech; talk (act of expressing a message verbally)
2. pronunciation; pronouncement (of a verdict)
3. pronunciation

Descendants

• French: prononciation
• → Middle English: pronunciacioun, pronunciacion
  • English: pronunciation
  • Scots: pronunciacione