From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, pronunciation, from Latin prōnūntiātiō, noun of action from perfect passive participle prōnūntiātus, from verb prōnūntiāre (“proclaim”), from prō- (“for”) + nūntiāre (“announce”). Doublet of pronuntiatio.
- enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA(key): /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən]
- (UK) IPA(key): /prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn/
- enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA(key): /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)
- (obsolete) enPR: prə-nŭn'-shē-ā′-shən, IPA(key): /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃʌn/[1]
- Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
pronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural pronunciations)
- (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] [2], London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 211:☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth; […]
- (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
- (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
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.
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)
- Hijazi Arabic: نُطق m (nuṭg)
- 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)
- Bikol Central: sawod, sayod (bcl)
- Breton: distagadur (br) m
- Bulgarian: произноше́ние (bg) n (proiznošénie), и́зговор (bg) m (ízgovor)
- Burmese: အသံထွက် (my) (a.samhtwak)
- Carpathian Rusyn: высло́вность f (vŷslóvnostʹ)
- Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 發音／发音 (faat3 jam1)
- Dungan: куйин (kuyin)
- Eastern Min: 發音／发音 (huák-ĭng)
- Hakka: 發音／发音 (fat-yîm)
- Hokkien: 發音／发音 (zh-min-nan) (hoat-im)
- Mandarin: 發音／发音 (zh) (fāyīn)
- Wu: 發音／发音 (7faq-in)
- Corsican: prununzia (co) f, prununcia (co) f
- Czech: výslovnost (cs) f
- Danish: udtale (da) c
- Dutch: uitspraak (nl) f
- Esperanto: elparolo
- Estonian: hääldus (et)
- Finnish: ääntämys (fi)
- French: prononciation (fr) f
- Galician: pronunciación (gl) f
- Gamilaraay: dhaalan
- Georgian: წარმოთქმა (c̣armotkma), გამოთქმა (gamotkma)
- German: Aussprache (de) f
- Greek: προφορά (el) f (proforá)
- Hebrew: הגייה \ הֲגִיָּה f (hagiyá)
- Hindi: उच्चारण (hi) m (uccāraṇ), तलफ़्फ़ुज़ (hi) m (talaffuz), तलफ्फुज (hi) m (talaphphuj)
- Hungarian: kiejtés (hu), ejtés (hu)
- Icelandic: framburður (is) m
- Indonesian: cara baca, pelafalan
- Interlingua: pronunciation (ia)
- Irish: fuaimniú m
- Italian: pronuncia (it) f, pronunzia (it) f
- Japanese: 発音 (ja) (はつおん, hatsuon)
- Kapampangan: agkas
- Kashmiri: وۄشژار (ks) (vọśċār)
- Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu)
- Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiəp bɑnlɨɨ sou)
- Korean: 발음(發音) (ko) (bareum)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گۆ کردن (go kirdin)
- Northern Kurdish: bilêvkirin (ku), telafûz (ku)
- Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu)
- Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang)
- Latvian: izruna f
- Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
- Macedonian: изговор m (izgovor)
- Malay: sebutan (ms)
- Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (ml) (uccāraṇaṁ)
- Maori: whakahua
- Marathi: उच्चार (mr) m (uccār)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudaxuj)
- Northern Sami: báhkkodit
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: uttale (no) m
- Nynorsk: uttale m or f
- Ottoman Turkish: تلفظ (telaffuz)
- Pashto: تلفظ (ps) m (talaffoz)
- Persian:
- Classical Persian: تَلَفُّظ (fa) (talaffuz)
- Dari: تَلَفُّظ (fa) (talaffuz)
- Iranian Persian: تَلَفُّظ (fa) (talaffoz), آوایِش (fa) (âvâyeš)
- Polish: wymowa (pl) f
- Portuguese: pronúncia (pt) f
- Romanian: pronunție (ro) f, pronunțare (ro) f
- Russian: произноше́ние (ru) n (proiznošénije)
- Samogitian: tarėms
- Sardinian: pronuntzia f
- Scots: pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: и̏згово̄р m
- Roman: ȉzgovōr (sh) m
- Sinhalese: උච්චාරණය (si) (uccāraṇaya)
- Slovak: výslovnosť f
- Slovene: izgovorjáva (sl) f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wugronjenje n, wugrono n
- Upper Sorbian: wurěkowanje n, artikulacija f, wurěč f
- Spanish: pronunciación (es) f
- Swahili: matamshi (sw)
- Swedish: uttal (sv) n, (please verify) frambörd
- Tagalog: bigkas (tl)
- 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)
- Urdu: تَلَفُّظ m (talaffuz)
- Uyghur: تەلەپپۇز (teleppuz)
- Uzbek: talaffuz (uz), aytilish (uz)
- Vietnamese: cách phát âm (vi) (發音), cách đọc (vi)
- West Flemish: uutsproake
- West Frisian: útspraak
- Yiddish: אַרויסרעד m (aroysred)
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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)
- Bikol Central: pagsayod
- Bulgarian: произноше́ние (bg) n (proiznošénie), и́зговор (bg) m (ízgovor)
- Carpathian Rusyn: высло́вность (vŷslóvnostʹ)
- Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 發音／发音 (faat3 jam1)
- Hokkien: 發音／发音 (zh-min-nan) (hoat-im)
- Mandarin: 發音／发音 (zh) (fāyīn)
- Czech: výslovnost (cs) f
- Danish: udtale (da)
- Dutch: uitspraak (nl) f
- Esperanto: prononco (eo)
- Estonian: hääldus (et)
- 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), तलफ़्फ़ुज़ (hi) m (talaffuz), तलफ्फुज (hi) m (talaphphuj)
- Hungarian: kiejtés (hu)
- Icelandic: framburður (is) m
- Indonesian: lafal (id), cara baca, ucapan (id), pengucapan (id)
- Interlingua: pronunciation (ia)
- Italian: pronuncia (it) f
- Japanese: 発音 (ja) (はつおん, hatsuon)
- Kannada: ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ (kn) (uccāraṇe)
- Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu)
- Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiəp bɑnlɨɨ sou)
- Korean: 발음(發音) (ko) (bareum)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: bilêvkirin (ku)
- Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu)
- Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang)
- Latin: prōnuntiātiō f
- Latvian: izruna f
- Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
- Macedonian: изговор m (izgovor)
- Malay: sebutan (ms)
- Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (ml) (uccāraṇaṁ)
- Maltese: pronunzja (mt) f
- Marathi: उच्चार (mr) m (uccār), उच्चारण (mr) n (uccāraṇ)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudaxuj)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: uttale (no) m
- Pashto: تلفظ (ps) m (talafoz)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: تَلَفُّظ (fa) (talaffoz), آوایِش (fa) (âvâyeš)
- 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)
- 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) n
- 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: söyleyiş (tr), telaffuz (tr)
- Turkmen: aýdylyş, käýinç
- Ukrainian: вимо́ва (uk) f (vymóva), вимовля́ння (uk) n (vymovljánnja)
- Urdu: تَلَفُّظ m (talaffuz), طَرْزِ اَدا f (tarz-i adā), لَب و لَہْجَہ (lab o lahja)
- 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
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