pronunciation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Interlingua 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pronuntiatio, noun of action from perfect passive participle pronuntiatus, from verb pronuntiare proclaim, from pro- for + nuntiare announce.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /pr@%nVnsi"eIS@n/
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• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
• Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion

[edit] Noun

pronunciation (countable and uncountable; plural pronunciations)

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

   What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

2. (uncountable) The way in which a person sounds the words of a language when speaking.

   His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• SAMPA
• Wikipedia article on pronunciation
• phoneme
• orthoepy

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Pronunciation

• laue: /pronuntsja'tsjon/

[edit] Noun

pronunciation

1. pronunciation
2. pronunciation, proclamation, manifest

[edit] Synonyms

• (proclamation) pronunciamento