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]
enPR : prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA (key ) : /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ ( common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation )
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion
Noun
pronunciation (countable and uncountable , plural pronunciations )
( 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 [ …] [1] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon , Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell , in the Strand, →OCLC , page 211 :☞ This word [earth ] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation , as if written Urth ; [ …]
( 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.
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
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) ( artasanutʻyun )
Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f
Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az)
Bashkir: әйтелеш ( əyteleş )
Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n ( vymaŭljénnje ) , вымо́ва f ( vymóva )
Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) ( uccaron )
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 ) , 发音 ( faat3 jam1 )
Dungan: куйин ( kuyin )
Mandarin: 發音 / 发音 (zh) ( fāyīn ) , 发音 (zh) ( fāyīn )
Min Nan: 發音 / 发音 (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 )
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Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گۆ کردن ( 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) ( uccāraṇaṁ )
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
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) ( artasanutʻyun )
Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f
Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az)
Bashkir: әйтелеш ( əyteleş )
Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n ( vymaŭljénnje ) , вымо́ва f ( vymóva )
Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) ( uccaron )
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 ) , 发音 ( faat3 jam1 )
Mandarin: 發音 / 发音 (zh) ( fāyīn ) , 发音 (zh) ( fāyīn )
Min Nan: 發音 / 发音 (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 )
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Latin: prōnuntiātiō f
Latvian: izruna f
Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
Macedonian: изговор m ( izgovor )
Malay: sebutan (ms)
Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (ml) ( uccāraṇaṁ )
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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Further reading
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Pronunciation
Noun
pronunciation (plural pronunciationes )
pronunciation
pronunciation proclamation , manifest
Synonyms
Middle French
Noun
pronunciation f (plural pronunciations )
oration ; speech ; talk (act of expressing a message verbally)
pronunciation ; pronouncement (of a verdict)
pronunciation
Descendants