pronunciation

See also Wiktionary:Pronunciation

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən]
• enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but proscribed, 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"?

   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎^[1], London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, OCLC 37805775, page 211:

     ☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth; […]

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 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.

Antonyms

• mispronunciation

Hyponyms

• Received Pronunciation
• spelling pronunciation

Derived terms

• pronunciational
• pronunciation dictionary
• pronunciation guide
• pronunciation respelling

 

Related terms

• pronounce
• mispronounce

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) (artasanutʿyun)
• Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az)
• Bashkir: әйтелеш (äyteleš)
• Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n (vymaŭljénnje), вымо́ва f (vymóva)
• Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) (uccarôn)
• Bikol Central: sawod, sayod
• Breton: distagadur (br) m
• Bulgarian: произноше́ние (bg) n (proiznošénie), и́зговор (bg) m (ízgovor)
• Burmese: အသံထွက် (my) (a.samhtwak)
• Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發音, 发音 (faat³ jam¹)

  Dungan: куйин (kuyin)

  Mandarin: 發音 (zh), 发音 (zh) (fāyīn)

  Min Nan: 發音 (zh-min-nan), 发音 (hoat-im)

• 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 (hagiya)
• Hindi: उच्चारण (hi) m (uccāraṇ)
• Hungarian: kiejtés (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
• Kazakh: айту (kk) (aytw)
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (km) (rɔbiəp bɑnlɨɨ sou)
• Korean: 발음(發音) (ko) (bareum)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گۆ کردن‎ (go kirdin)

  Northern Kurdish: bilêvkirin (ku)

• Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu)
• Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang)
• Latvian: izruna f
• Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: изговор m (izgovor)
• Malay: sebutan (ms)
• Maori: whakahua
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudakhui)

• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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) (artasanutʿyun)
• Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az)
• Bashkir: әйтелеш (äyteleš)
• Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n (vymaŭljénnje), вымо́ва f (vymóva)
• Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) (uccarôn)
• Bikol Central: pagsayod
• Bulgarian: произноше́ние (bg) n (proiznošénie), и́зговор (bg) m (ízgovor)
• Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發音, 发音 (faat³ jam¹)

  Mandarin: 發音 (zh), 发音 (zh) (fāyīn)

  Min Nan: 發音 (zh-min-nan), 发音 (hoat-im)

• 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)
• 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) (aytw)
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (km) (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) (uccāraṇaṃ)
• Maltese: pronunzja (mt) f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudakhui)

• 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) 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: 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

See also

• orthoepy
• phoneme
• Wiktionary:Pronunciation

Further reading

• pronunciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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

Alternative forms

• prononciation

Noun

pronunciation f (plural pronunciations)

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

Descendants

• French: prononciation
• → Middle English: pronunciacioun, pronunciacion
  • English: pronunciation
  • Scots: pronunciacione