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Etymology Edit From Middle French prononciation Latin pronuntiatio pronuntiatus pronuntiare “ proclaim ” ), from pro- “ for ” ) + nuntiare “ announce ” ).
Pronunciation Edit IPA (key ) : /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ , enPR : prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən IPA (key ) : /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ , enPR : prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən (very common but often deprecated)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion
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"? ( 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 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.
Related terms Edit Derived terms Edit
Terms derived from pronunciation
Translations Edit
way in which words are pronounced
Afrikaans: uitspraak (af)
Albanian: shqiptim (sq) m
Arabic: لَفْظ (ar) m lafẓ )
Armenian: արտասանություն (hy) (artasanutʿyun )
Asturian: pronunciación (ast) f
Azeri: tələffüz (az)
Bashkir: әйтелеш äyteleš )
Belarusian: вымаўле́нне n vymaŭljénnje ), вымо́ва f vymóva )
Bengali: উচ্চারণ (bn) (uccarôn )
Bulgarian: произноше́ние (bg) n proiznošénie ), и́зговор (bg) m ízgovor )
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 )
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
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 )
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 sĭang-àan ), การออกเสียง (th) (gaan-òk sĭang )
Turkish: sesletim telaffuz (tr)
Turkmen: aýdylyş käýinç
Ukrainian: вимо́ва (uk) f vymóva )
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 )
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