Received Pronunciation

§English

Wikipedia

§Proper noun

Received Pronunciation

1. The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP

§Synonyms

• BBC English
• the King’s English, the Queen’s English

§Translations

form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公認發音, 公认发音 (gōngrèn fāyīn)

• Danish: Dronningens engelsk, korrekt engelsk, højengelsk, britisk engelsk
• Dutch: Received Pronunciation
• Estonian: Recieved Pronunciation, kuninganna inglise keel
• Italian: Received Pronunciation f

• Japanese: 容認発音 (yōnin hatsuon)
• Macedonian: ста́ндарден бри́тански и́зговор m (stándarden brítanski ízgovor)
• Portuguese: Received Pronunciation f
• Russian: «общепри́нятое произноше́ние» n (“obščeprínjatoje proiznošénije”), «при́нятое произноше́ние» n (“prínjatoje proiznošénije”), станда́ртное англи́йское произноше́ние n (standártnoje anglíjskoje proiznošénije)
• Spanish: pronunciación recibida f

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§Portuguese

§Proper noun

Received Pronunciation f

1. Received Pronunciation (English pronunciation used by the educated classes southeastern England)