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Noun CEFR C1
pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Afrikaans uitspraak
العربية التلفظ تلفظ لفظ نطق
Azərbaycanca tələffüz
Беларуская вымова
Български произношение
বাংলা উচ্চারণ
Čeština výslovnost
Dansk udtale
Ελληνικά προφορά
Esperanto elparolo
Español pronunciación
Eesti hääldus
Français prononciation
Gaeilge fuaimniú
Gàidhlig fuaimneachadh
עברית הברה הגייה
Magyar ejtés kiejtés
Bahasa Indonesia lafal lafaz pelafalan pengucapan sebutan ucapan
Íslenska framburður
Italiano pronuncia pronunzia
日本語 発音 發音 読み
Қазақша айту
한국어 발음
Кыргызча айтуу
Lietuvių tarimas
Latviešu izruna
Македонски изговор
മലയാളം ഉച്ചാരണം
Монгол дуудлага
मराठी उच्चार
Bahasa Melayu sebutan
မြန်မာဘာသာ အသံထွက်
Nederlands uitspraak
پښتو تلفظ
Português pronúncia
Русский произношение
Slovenčina výslovnosť
Slovenščina izgovorjava
Shqip shqiptim
Српски izgovor изговор
Svenska uttal
Kiswahili matamshi
Тоҷикӣ талаффуз
Tagalog bigkas
Türkçe okunuş söylem söyleniş telaffuz
ئۇيغۇرچە تەلەپپۇز
Українська вимова
اردو تَلَفُّظ
Oʻzbekcha aytilish talaffuz

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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