enunciate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ēnuntiātus, past participle of ēnuntiō (“to report, declare”), from ē- + nūntiō (“to report”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: e‧nun‧ci‧ate

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.
2. To announce, proclaim.
   • Coleridge

     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)
• Finnish: ääntää (fi), lausua (fi)
• German: artikulieren (de), aussprechen (de), verkünden (de)
• Greek: προφέρω (el) (proféro), διατυπώνω (el) (diatypóno)
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• 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. second-person plural present indicative of enunciare
2. second-person plural imperative of enunciare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of enunciare
4. feminine plural of enunciato

Anagrams

• incuneate

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ēnunciāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēnunciātus