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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /prəʊˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/ or /p1rəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/

Noun

pronunciation

  1. The way words are made to sound when spoken.
    What is the correct pronunciation of "hiccough"?
    His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

Translations

  • Catalan: pronunciació f
  • Chinese: 发音 , 發音 (fāyīn)
  • Czech: výslovnost f
  • Danish: udtale
  • Dutch: uitspraak f
  • Esperanto: prononco
  • Finnish: ääntämys
  • French: prononciation f
  • Frisian: útspraak
  • German: Aussprache f
  • Hebrew: ביטוי
  • Indonesian: lafal , cara baca
  • Interlingua: pronunciation
  • Italian: pronuncia f
  • Japanese: 発音 (はつおん, hatsuon)
  • Korean: 발음 [發音] (baleum)
  • Latin: pronuntiatio (nominative), pronuntiationis (genitive)
  • Norwegian: uttale m
  • Polish: wymowa f
  • Portuguese: pronúncia , pronunciação , prolação
  • Russian: произношение
  • Spanish: pronunciación f
  • Swedish: uttal

See also


Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pronuntsja'tsjon/

Noun

pronunciation

  1. pronunciation
  2. pronunciation, proclamation, manifest

Synonyms

  • (proclamation) pronunciamento

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