Complete Definition of "pronunciation"

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English

Etymology
From L. pronuntiatio, noun of action from perfect passive participle pronuntiatus, from verb pronuntiare proclaim, from pro- for + nuntiare announce.

Pronunciation
IPA|/pɹ��n�nsi�eɪ��n/, SAMPA|/pr@%nVnsi"eIS@n/
IPA|/pɹ��na�nsi�eɪ��n/, SAMPA|/pr@%naUnsi"eIS@n/
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n
Hyphenation: pro·nun·ci·a·tion

Noun
en-noun|s|-

  1. countable The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

#:What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

  1. uncountable The way in which a person sounds the words of a language when speaking.

#:His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

Translations
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Bosnian: izgovor m
Catalan: pronunciació f
Chinese: ��/��(f� yīn)
Czech: výslovnost f
Danish: udtale
Dutch: uitspraak f
Esperanto: prononco
Estonian: hääldus
Finnish: ääntämys
French: prononciation f
Frisian: útspraak
German: Aussprache f
Icelandic: framburður m
Hebrew: �����
Indonesian: lafal, cara baca
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Interlingua: pronunciation
Italian: pronuncia f
Japanese: �� (����, hatsuon)
Kannada: ����ಾರಣ� (uchchaaraNe)
Korean: �� [��] (baleum)
Kurdish: KUchar|گ� کرد�
Latin: pronuntiatio (nominative), pronuntiationis (genitive)
Malayalam: ����ാരണ� (uchchaaraNam)
Norwegian: t-|no|uttale m
Polish: wymowa f
Portuguese: pronúncia, pronunciação, prolação
Russian: п�оизно�ение
Spanish: pronunciación f
Swedish: uttal
Tamil: ����ரிப�ப�(uccharippu)
Telugu: ����ారణ (ucchaaraNa)
Turkish: sesletim, telaffuz
Welsh: cynaniad
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See also
SAMPA
w:pronunciation|Wikipedia article on pronunciation
phoneme
Wiktionary:Pronunciation key|Wiktionary's pronunciation key


Interlingua

Pronunciation
laue: /pronuntsja'tsjon/

Noun
pronunciation

  1. pronunciation
  2. pronunciation, proclamation, manifest

Synonyms
(proclamation) pronunciamento

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