pronunciation

English

Etymology

From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pronuntiatio, noun of action from perfect passive participle pronuntiatus, from verb pronuntiare (“proclaim”), from pro- (“for”) + nuntiare (“announce”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
• enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but deprecated, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion

Noun

pronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural pronunciations)

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

   What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

2. (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

   His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

3. (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• mispronunciation
• pronunciational
• pronunciation dictionary
• pronunciation guide
• pronunciation respelling
• Received Pronunciation
• spelling pronunciation

 

Related terms

• pronounce
• mispronounce
• mispronunciation

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)
• 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)
• Breton: distagadur (br) m
• Bulgarian: произношѐние (bg) n (proiznošènie), ѝзговор (bg) m (ìzgovor)
• Burmese: အသံထွက် (my) (a.samhtwak)
• Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Dungan: куйин (kuyin)

  Mandarin: 發音／发音 (zh) (fāyīn), 发音 (zh) (fāyīn)

• Czech: výslovnost (cs) f
• Danish: udtale (da) c
• Dutch: uitspraak (nl) f
• Esperanto: elparolo
• Estonian: hääldus
• Finnish: ääntämys (fi)
• French: prononciation (fr) f
• Galician: pronunciación (gl) f
• Gamilaraay: dhaalan
• Georgian: წარმოთქმა (c̣armotkma), გამოთქმა (gamotkma)
• German: Aussprache (de) f
• Hebrew: הגייה \ הֲגִיָּה f (hagiya)
• Hindi: उच्चारण (hi) m (uccāraṇ)
• Hungarian: kiejtés (hu)
• Icelandic: framburður (is) m
• Indonesian: cara baca, pelafalan
• Irish: fuaimniú m
• Italian: pronuncia (it) f
• Japanese: 発音 (ja) (はつおん, hatsuon)
• Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu)
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiep bɑnləə soo)
• Korean: 발음 (ko) (bareum) (發音 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu)
• Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang)
• Latvian: izruna f
• Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: и́зговор m (ízgovor)
• Malay: sebutan
• Maori: whakahua
• Mongolian: 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
• 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, frambörd
• 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)
• 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)
• Bulgarian: произношѐние (bg) n (proiznošènie), ѝзговор (bg) m (ìzgovor)
• Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發音／发音 (zh) (fāyīn), 发音 (zh) (fāyīn)

• Czech: výslovnost (cs) f
• Danish: udtale (da)
• Dutch: uitspraak (nl) f
• Esperanto: prononco (eo)
• Estonian: hääldus
• 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
• Italian: pronuncia (it) f
• Japanese: 発音 (ja) (はつおん, hatsuon)
• Kannada: ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ (kn) (uccāraṇe)
• Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu)
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiep bɑnləə soo)
• Korean: 발음 (ko) (bareum) (發音 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu)
• Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang)
• Latin: prōnuntiātiō f
• Latvian: izruna f
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• Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: и́зговор m (ízgovor)
• Malay: sebutan
• Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (ml) (uccāraṇaṁ)
• Maltese: pronunzja (mt) f
• Mongolian: 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)
• 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: sesletim (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

• Volapük ^{(please verify)} pronimag (vo)
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See also

• orthoepy
• phoneme
• SAMPA
• Pronunciation

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pronuntsjaˈtsjon/

Noun

pronunciation (plural pronunciationes)

1. pronunciation
2. pronunciation proclamation, manifest

Synonyms

• (proclamation): pronunciamento

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Middle French

Noun

pronunciation f (plural pronunciations)

1. oration; speech; talk (act of expressing something verbally)
2. pronunciation; pronouncement (of a verdict)
3. pronunciation