Pronunciation
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noun


(1)   The way a word or a language is customarily spoken
"The pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"
"That is the correct pronunciation"
(2)   The manner in which someone utters a word
"They are always correcting my pronunciation"
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Etymology


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

Noun



  1. The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
    What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
  2. The way in which a person sounds the words of a language when speaking.
    His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

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