enunciation

English

Etymology

From Latin ēnuntiātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌnʌn.sɪˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ɪˌnʌn.ʃɪˈeɪ.ʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: e‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion

Noun

enunciation (countable and uncountable, plural enunciations)

1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.

   It was time for the enunciation of an important truth.

2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation.

   She speaks with an impressively clear enunciation.

3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration

   Synonyms: announcement, statement

Translations

act of enunciating

• Catalan: enunciació f
• Finnish: ilmoittaminen (fi)
• French: énonciation (fr) f
• German: Erklärung (de) f
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• Italian: enunciazione (it) f
• Portuguese: enunciação (pt) f
• Spanish: enunciación (es) f

mode of pronunciation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吐字 (zh) (tǔzì)

• Finnish: lausuminen (fi), lausunta (fi)
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• German: (deutliche) Aussprache f, Artikulation (de) f, Ausdrucksweise (de) f
• Japanese: 発声 (ja) (はっせい, hassei)
• Russian: провозглаше́ние (ru) n (provozglašénije)

that which is announced

• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• “enunciation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.