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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈnaʊns/
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• rhymes with -aʊns
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 N AW1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Recorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiō, itself from prō- (“forth, out, in public”) + nūntiō (“to announce”) from nūntius (“messenger”).

169 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: обявя́вам (objavjávam) — to declare officially
• Bulgarian: заявя́вам (zajavjávam) — to declare officially
• Chinese Mandarin: 宣稱 /宣称 (xuānchēng) — to declare officially
• Chinese Mandarin: 宣告 (xuāngào) — to declare officially
• Czech: prohlašovat — to declare officially
• Czech: prohlásit — to declare officially
• Danish: erklære — to declare officially
• Dutch: uitspreken — to declare officially
• Dutch: verklaren — to declare officially
• Dutch: verkondigen — to declare officially
• Esperanto: deklari — to declare officially
• Esperanto: eldiri — to declare officially
• Finnish: julistaa — to declare officially
• French: déclarer — to declare officially
• Galician: declarar — to declare officially
• German: verkünden — to declare officially
• Greek: ονομάζω (onomázo) — to declare officially
• Hungarian: kijelent — to declare officially
• Hungarian: kinyilatkoztat — to declare officially
• Hungarian: nyilvánít — to declare officially
• Italian: dichiarare — to declare officially
• Macedonian: прогласува (proglasuva) — to declare officially
• Norwegian Bokmål: erklære — to declare officially
• Polish: oznajmiać — to declare officially
• Polish: oznajmić — to declare officially
• Portuguese: declarar — to declare officially
• Russian: объявля́ть (obʺjavljátʹ) — to declare officially
• Russian: объяви́ть (obʺjavítʹ) — to declare officially
• Russian: провозгла́шать (provozglášatʹ) — to declare officially
• Russian: провозгласи́ть (provozglasítʹ) — to declare officially
• Slovene: razglašati — to declare officially
• Slovene: razglasiti — to declare officially
• Swedish: förklara — to declare officially
• Bulgarian: заявя́вам (zajavjávam) — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Czech: prohlásit — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Danish: erklære — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Dutch: zich zich uitspreken — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Finnish: julistaa — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Hungarian: nyilvánít — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Russian: объявля́ть (obʺjavljátʹ) — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Russian: объяви́ть (obʺjavítʹ) — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Russian: провозгла́шать (provozglášatʹ) — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Russian: провозгласи́ть (provozglasítʹ) — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Swedish: förklara — to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion
• Bulgarian: произна́сям (proiznásjam) — to pass judgment
• Dutch: vonnissen — to pass judgment
• Finnish: tuomita — to pass judgment
• Hungarian: ítél — to pass judgment
• Italian: emettere — to pass judgment
• Macedonian: пресудува (presuduva) — to pass judgment
• Russian: объявля́ть (obʺjavljátʹ) — to pass judgment
• Russian: объяви́ть (obʺjavítʹ) — to pass judgment
• Slovene: razglašati — to pass judgment
• Slovene: razglasiti — to pass judgment
• Swedish: utfärda — to pass judgment
• Albanian: shqiptoj — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Arabic: لَفَظَ (lafaẓa) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Arabic: نَطَقَ (naṭaqa) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Armenian: արտասանել (artasanel) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Azerbaijani: tələffüz etmək — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Belarusian: вымаўля́ць (vymawljácʹ) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Belarusian: вы́мавіць (výmavicʹ) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Bengali: উচ্চারণ করা (uccaron kora) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Bulgarian: произна́сям (proiznásjam) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Bulgarian: произнеса́ (proiznesá) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Burmese: ပြောဆိုသည် (prau:hcuisany) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Carpathian Rusyn: вы́словити (vŷ́slovyty) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Catalan: pronunciar — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Chinese Cantonese: 發音 /发音 (faat3 jam1) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Eastern Min Chinese: 發音 /发音 (huák-ĭng) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Hakka Chinese: 發音 /发音 (fat-yîm) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Chinese: 發音 /发音 (zh-min-nan) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Chinese Mandarin: 發音 /发音 (fāyīn) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Wu Chinese: 發音 /发音 — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Czech: vyslovovat — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Czech: vyslovit — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Danish: udtale — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Dutch: uitspreken — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Esperanto: prononci — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Esperanto: elparoli — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Estonian: hääldama — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Finnish: ääntää — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Finnish: lausua — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• French: prononcer — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Galician: pronunciar — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• German: aussprechen — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• German: pronunzieren — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Greek: προφέρω (proféro) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Hebrew: ביטא \ בִּטֵּא (bité) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Hindi: सुनाना (sunānā) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Hindi: उच्चारण करना (uccāraṇ karnā) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Hungarian: ejt — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Hungarian: kiejt — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Hungarian: kimond — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Icelandic: bera fram — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Ido: pronuncar — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Irish: fuaimnigh — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Italian: pronunziare — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Italian: pronunciare — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Japanese: 発音する (hatsuon suru) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Kazakh: айту (aitu) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Kazakh: сөйлеу (söileu) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Khmer: ហុច (hoc) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Khmer: អាន (ʼaan) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Korean: 발음하다 (bareumhada) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Kyrgyz: айтуу (aytuu) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Lao: ອອກສຽງ (ʼǭk sīang) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Latvian: izrunāt — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Lithuanian: ištarti — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Macedonian: изговара (izgovara) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Macedonian: изговори (izgovori) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Mongolian: хэлэх (xelex) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Mongolian: дуудах (duudax) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Norwegian Bokmål: uttale — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uttala — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Dari: تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن (talaffuz kardan) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Iranian Persian: تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن (talaffoz kardan) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Polish: wymawiać — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Polish: wymówić — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Portuguese: pronunciar — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Romanian: pronunța — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Russian: произноси́ть (proiznosítʹ) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Russian: произнести́ (proiznestí) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Scottish Gaelic: fuaimnich — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Serbo-Croatian: изгова́рати — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Serbo-Croatian: изгово̀рити — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Serbo-Croatian: izgovárati — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Serbo-Croatian: izgovòriti — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Slovak: vyslovovať — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Slovak: vysloviť — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Slovene: izgovarjati — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Slovene: izgovoriti — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Spanish: pronunciar — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Swedish: uttala — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Tajik: талаффус кардан (talaffus kardan) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Tajik: талаффуз кардан (talaffuz kardan) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Thai: ออกเสียง (ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Turkish: telâffuz etmek — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Ukrainian: вимовля́ти (vymovljáty) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Ukrainian: ви́мовити (výmovyty) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Urdu: تَلَفُّظ کَرْنا (talaffuz karnā) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Uyghur: تەلپپۇز قىلماق (telppuz qilmaq) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Uzbek: talaffuz qilmoq — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Venetan: parnonciar — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Vietnamese: phát âm — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Walloon: prononcî — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Yiddish: אַרויסרעדן (aroysredn) — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Zulu: -phimisa — to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate
• Czech: vyslovovat — to produce the components of speech
• Czech: vyslovit — to produce the components of speech
• Finnish: ääntää — to produce the components of speech
• Finnish: lausua — to produce the components of speech
• German: aussprechen — to produce the components of speech
• Greek: αρθρώνω (arthróno) — to produce the components of speech
• Irish: fuaimnigh — to produce the components of speech
• Khmer: ហុច (hoc) — to produce the components of speech
• Russian: произноси́ть (proiznosítʹ) — to produce the components of speech
• Russian: произнести́ (proiznestí) — to produce the components of speech
• Scottish Gaelic: fuaimnich — to produce the components of speech
• Venetan: parnonciar — to produce the components of speech
• Zulu: -phimisa — to produce the components of speech
• Bulgarian: чета́ на глас (četá na glas) — to read aloud
• Czech: vyhlásit — to read aloud
• Dutch: uitspreken — to read aloud
• Finnish: lausua — to read aloud
• French: déclamer — to read aloud
• French: lire — to read aloud
• Hungarian: felolvas — to read aloud
• Norwegian Bokmål: uttale — to read aloud