Definitions for pronunciationprəˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pro•nun•ci•a•tionprəˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən(n.)
the act, manner, or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation.
Category: Phonetics
a way of pronouncing a word, syllable, etc., that is accepted or considered correct.
Category: Phonetics
the conventional patterns of treatment of the sounds of a language:
the pronunciation of French.
Category: Phonetics
a phonetic transcription of a given word, sound, etc.
Category: Phonetics
Origin of pronunciation:
1400–50; late ME pronunciacion < L prōnūntiātiō delivery (of a speech) =prōnūntiā(re) to announce, utter (see pronounce ) +-tiō -tion
pro•nun`ci•a′tion•al(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
pronunciation(noun)
the manner in which someone utters a word
"they are always correcting my pronunciation"
pronunciation, orthoepy(noun)
the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
"the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
pronunciation(noun)əˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən
the way the sounds of a word or language are spoken
Chinese pronunciation; a word with two common pronunciations
Wiktionary
pronunciation(Noun)
The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
pronunciation(Noun)
The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
Origin: From pronuntiatio, noun of action from perfect passive participle pronuntiatus, from verb pronuntiare, from pro- for + nuntiare.
Webster Dictionary
Pronunciation(noun)
the act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation
Pronunciation(noun)
the mode of uttering words or sentences
Pronunciation(noun)
the art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery
Translations for pronunciation
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
pronunciation(noun)
the act, or a way, of saying a word etc
She had difficulty with the pronunciation of his name.
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