pronunciation

CEFRA2

/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The way a word or language is spoken.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.

Examples

  • I still can't get the knack of English pronunciation.

  • Please correct my pronunciation.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

  2. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

More examples

In context

  • His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

  • What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

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

Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The student practiced the correct blank of the word 'comfortable' by repeating it after the recording.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, pronunciation, from Latin prōnūntiātiō, noun of action from perfect passive participle prōnūntiātus, from verb prōnūntiāre (“proclaim”), from prō- (“for”) + nūntiāre (“announce”). Doublet of pronuntiatio.