mispronounceverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪs.prəˈnaʊns/us/ˌmɪs.prəˈnaʊns/to pronounce a word or sound wrongly:
French learners of English often mispronounce "ch" as "sh".
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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mispronunciation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌmɪs.prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɪs.prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Mispronunciation can be a serious obstacle to making yourself understood in a foreign language.