pronunciation

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English

Etymology

From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, from 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) (artasanutʿyun)
• Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az)
• Bashkir: әйтелеш (äyteleš)
• Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n (vymaŭljénnje), вымо́ва f (vymóva)
• Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) (uccarôṇ)
• Breton: distagadur (br) m
• Bulgarian: произношѐние (bg) n (proiznošѐnie), ѝзговор (bg) m (ìzgovor)
• Burmese: အသံထွက် (my) (a.samhtwak)
• Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Dungan: куйин (kuyin)

  Mandarin: 發音 (zh), 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
• 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
• Irish: fuaimniú m
• Italian: pronuncia (it) f
• Japanese: 発音 (ja) (はつおん, hatsuon)
• Kazakh: айту (kk) (aytw)
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiep bɑnləə soo)
• Korean: 발음 (ko) (bareum) (發音 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: گۆ کردن‎ (ku) (go kirdin)

• Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu)
• Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ’ǭk sīang)
• Latvian: izruna f
• Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: и́зговор m (ízgovor)
• Malay: sebutan
• Maori: whakahua
• Mongolian: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudahuj)
• 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) (artasanutʿyun)
• Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: tələffüz (az)
• Bashkir: әйтелеш (äyteleš)
• Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n (vymaŭljénnje), вымо́ва f (vymóva)
• Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) (uccarôṇ)
• Bulgarian: произношѐние (bg) n (proiznošѐnie), ѝзговор (bg) m (ìzgovor)
• Catalan: pronunciació (ca) f, pronúncia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發音 (zh), 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) (aytw)
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiep bɑnləə soo)
• Korean: 발음 (ko) (bareum) (發音 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: айтуу (ky) (aytuu)
• Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ’ǭk sīang)
• Latin: prōnuntiātiō f
• Latvian: izruna f

• Lithuanian: tarimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: и́зговор m (ízgovor)
• Malay: sebutan
• Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (ml) (uccāraṇaṃ)
• Maltese: pronunzja (mt) f
• Mongolian: дуудлага (mn) (duudlaga), дуудахуй (duudahuj)
• 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

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

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See also

• orthoepy
• phoneme
• SAMPA
• Wiktionary: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