Pronunciation

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Interlingua 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms

English

Etymology

From Latin pronuntiatio, noun of action from perfect passive participle pronuntiatus, from verb pronuntiare, proclaim, from pro- for + nuntiare announce.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /prəʊˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/ or /prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/

Noun

pronunciation (uncountable)

1. (countable) The way words are made to sound when spoken.

   What is the correct pronunciation of "hiccough"?

   His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

Translations

Catalan: pronunciació f Chinese: 发音, 發音(fāyīn) Danish: udtale Dutch: uitspraak f Esperanto: prononco Finnish: ääntämys French: prononciation f Frisian: útspraak German: Aussprache f Hebrew: ביטוי Indonesian: lafal, cara baca Interlingua: pronunciation Italian: pronuncia f

Japanese: 発音 (はつおん, hatsuon) Korean: 발음 [發音] (baleum) Latin: pronuntiatio (nominative), pronuntiationis (genitive) Norwegian: uttale m Polish: wymowa f Portuguese: pronúncia, pronunciação Romanica: pronunciation f Russian: произношение Spanish: pronunciación f Swedish: uttal

See also

• SAMPA
• Wikipedia article on pronunciation
• phoneme
• Wiktionary's pronunciation key

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pronuntsja'tsjon/

Noun

pronunciation

1. pronunciation
2. pronunciation, proclamation, manifest

Synonyms

• (proclamation) pronunciamento