Pronunciation

Definitions

1. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
   countable
2. The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
   uncountable
3. The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
   countable

Equivalents

62 more languages

Afrikaansuitspraak

العربيةالتلفظتلفظلفظنطق+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilitələffüz

Беларускаявымова

Българскипроизношение

বাংলাউচ্চারণ

Bosanskiizgovorизговор

Catalàpronúnciapronunciació

Češtinavýslovnost

Danskudtale

Ελληνικάπροφορά

Esperantoelparolo

Eestihääldus

Suomiääntäminenääntämysääntöääntöasulausunta+ 2 more

Gaeilgefuaimniú

Gàidhligfuaimneachadh

Galegopronunciación

עבריתהברההגייה

हिन्दीउच्चारणतलफ़्फ़ुज़लफ़्ज़

Hrvatskiizgovorизговор

Magyarejtéskiejtés

Հայերենարտասանություն

Bahasa Indonesialafallafazpelafalanpengucapansebutanucapan+ 3 more

Íslenskaframburður

Italianopronunciapronunzia

日本語発音發音読み

ქართულიგამოთქმაწარმოთქმა

Қазақ тіліайту

ភាសាខ្មែររបៀបបន្លឺសូរ

한국어발음

Кыргызчаайтуу

Latinaenuntiatioexplanatiopronuntiatio

ລາວການອອກສຽງ

Lietuviųtarimas

Latviešuizruna

Македонскиизговор

മലയാളംഉച്ചാരണം

Монголдуудлага

मराठीउच्चार

Bahasa Melayusebutan

မြန်မာအသံထွက်

Nederlandsuitspraak

Polskiwymawianiowywymowa

پښتوتلفظ

Portuguêspronúncia

Românăpronunțarepronunție

Русскийпроизношение

Slovenčinavýslovnosť

Slovenščinaizgovorjava

Shqipshqiptim

Српскиizgovorизговор

Svenskauttal

Kiswahilimatamshi

தமிழ்உச்சரிப்புபலுக்கல்

Тоҷикӣталаффуз

ไทยการออกเสียงสำเนียง

Tagalogbigkas

Türkçeokunuşsöylemsöyleniştelaffuz+ 1 more

ئۇيغۇرچەتەلەپپۇز

Українськавимова

اردوتَلَفُّظ

O'zbekchaaytilishtalaffuz

Examples

“What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?”

“☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]”

“In spite of the vague evidence, I think⟳ that we may conclude⟳ that ME ǭ, like⟳ ME ę̄, had two pronunciations during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a more advanced pronunciation with close⟳ [oː], and a more conservative one with the ‘intermediate vowel’ [ɔː] […]”

“His Italian pronunciation is terrible.”

“He, that would write⟳ exactly, muſt avoid⟳ a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.”

“The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.”

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