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pro·nun·ci·a·tion P0596400 (prə-nŭn′sē-ā′shən)n.1. The act or manner of pronouncing words; utterance of speech.2. A way of speaking a word, especially a way that is accepted or generally understood.3. A graphic representation of the way a word is spoken, using phonetic symbols.
[Middle English, from Old French prononciation, from Latin prōnūntiātiō, prōnūntiātiōn-, from prōnūntiātus, past participle of prōnūntiāre, to pronounce; see pronounce.]
pro·nun′ci·a′tion·al adj.pronunciation (prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən) n1. (Phonetics & Phonology) the act, instance, or manner of pronouncing sounds2. (Phonetics & Phonology) the supposedly correct manner of pronouncing sounds in a given language3. (Phonetics & Phonology) a phonetic transcription of a wordpro•nun•ci•a•tion (prəˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən)
n. 1. the act, manner, or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation. 2. a way of pronouncing a word, syllable, etc., that is accepted or considered correct. 3. the conventional patterns of treatment of the sounds of a language: the pronunciation of French. 4. a phonetic transcription of a given word, sound, etc. [1400–50; late Middle English pronunciacion < Latin prōnūntiātiō delivery (of a speech) =prōnūntiā(re) to announce, utter (see pronounce) + -tiō -tion] pro•nun`ci•a′tion•al, adj. PronunciationSee also language; speech
cacoepythe habit of unacceptable or bad pronunciation.cacology1. a defectively produced speech.
2. socially unacceptable enunciation.
3. nonconformist pronunciation.etacismthe pronunciation of Greek eta like the e in be. — etacist, n.hyper-urbanisman overcorrected pronunciation or usage that attempts to mask guttural or provincial speech.nasalisma tendency toward nasality in pronouncing words. Also nasality.orthoepythe study of correct pronunciation. — orthoepist, n. — orthoepic, orthoepical, orthoepistic, adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pronunciation - the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation"utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communicationassibilation, sibilation - pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) soundmispronunciation - incorrect pronunciationhomophony - the same pronunciation for words of different originsaccent, speech pattern - distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"articulation - the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech | | 2. | pronunciation - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"orthoepyReceived Pronunciation - the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcastingspeech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication, speech, language - (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" |
pronunciationnoun intonation, accent, speech, stress, articulation, inflection, diction, elocution, enunciation, accentuation You'll have to forgive my bad French pronunciation.Translationspronounce (prəˈnauns) verb1. to speak (words or sounds, especially in a certain way). He pronounced my name wrongly; The `b' in `lamb' and the `k' in `knob' are not pronounced. 發音 发音2. to announce officially or formally. He pronounced judgement on the prisoner. 宣佈，宣判 宣布，宣判 proˈnounceable adjective (negative unpronounceable) able to be pronounced. 可發音的 可发音的proˈnounced adjective noticeable; definite. He walks with a pronounced limp. 明顯的，明確的 明显的，明确的 proˈnouncement noun an announcement. 公告，聲明 公告，声明 proˌnunciˈation (-nansi-) noun the act, or a way, of saying a word etc. She had difficulty with the pronunciation of his name. 發音 发音
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pronunciation: see phoneticsphonetics
, study of the sounds of languages from three basic points of view. Phonetics studies speech sounds according to their production in the vocal organs (articulatory phonetics), their physical properties (acoustic phonetics), or their effect on the ear (auditory
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study of the sound systems of languages. It is distinguished from phonetics, which is the study of the production, perception, and physical properties of speech sounds; phonology attempts to account for how they are combined, organized, and convey meaning in
..... Click the link for more information. . See also the Pronunciation Keyfor the symbols used in pronunciations in this encyclopedia.PronunciationIn this dictionary slashes (/../) bracket phoneticpronunciations of words not found in a standard Englishdictionary. The notation, and many of the pronunciations,were adapted from the Hacker's Jargon File.
Syllables are separated by dash or followed single quoteor back quote. Single quote means the preceding syllable isstressed (louder), back quote follows a syllable withintermediate stress (slightly louder), otherwise all syllablesare equally stressed.
Consonants are pronounced as in English but note:
ch soft, as in "church"g hard, as in "got"gh aspirated g+h of "bughouse" or "ragheap"j voiced, as in "judge"kh guttural of "loch" or "l'chaim"s unvoiced, as in "pass"zh as "s" in "pleasure"
Uppercase letters are pronounced as their English letternames; thus (for example) /H-L-L/ is equivalent to /aych elel/. /Z/ is pronounced /zee/ in the US and /zed/ in the UK(elsewhere?).
Vowels are represented as follows:
a back, thatah father, palm (see note)ar far, markaw flaw, caughtay bake, raine less, menee easy, skieir their, softwarei trip, hiti: life, skyo block, stock (see note)oh flow, sewoo loot, throughor more, doorow out, howoy boy, coinuh but, someu put, foot*r fur, insert (only in stressedsyllables; otherwise use just "r")y yet, youngyoo few, chew[y]oo /oo/ with optional fronting asin `news' (/nooz/ or /nyooz/)
A /*/ is used for the `schwa' sound of unstressed or occludedvowels (often written with an upside-down `e'). The schwavowel is omitted in unstressed syllables containing vocalic l,m, n or r; that is, "kitten" and "colour" would be rendered/kit'n/ and /kuhl'r/, not /kit'*n/ and /kuhl'*r/.
The above table reflects mainly distinctions found in standardAmerican English (that is, the neutral dialect spoken by TVnetwork announcers and typical of educated speech in the UpperMidwest, Chicago, Minneapolis/St.Paul and Philadelphia).However, we separate /o/ from /ah/, which tend to merge instandard American. This may help readers accustomed toaccents resembling British Received Pronunciation.
Entries with a pronunciation of `//' are written-only.MedicalSeephoneticspronunciation
Synonyms for pronunciationnoun intonationSynonyms- intonation
- accent
- speech
- stress
- articulation
- inflection
- diction
- elocution
- enunciation
- accentuation
Synonyms for pronunciationnoun the manner in which someone utters a wordRelated Words- utterance
- vocalization
- assibilation
- sibilation
- mispronunciation
- homophony
- accent
- speech pattern
- articulation
noun the way a word or a language is customarily spokenSynonymsRelated Words- Received Pronunciation
- speech communication
- spoken communication
- spoken language
- voice communication
- oral communication
- speech
- language
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