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