pronunciation

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• prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən
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• /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
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• [phɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩]
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• prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən
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• /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
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• obsolete: prə-nŭn'-shē-ā′-shən
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• obsolete: /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
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• obsolete: /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃʌn/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: P R OW0 N AH2 N S IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P R AH0 N AH2 N S IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

246 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: uitspraak — sound of a word
• Albanian: shqiptim — sound of a word
• Amharic: አነጋገር (ʾänägagär) — sound of a word
• Arabic: نُطْق (nuṭq) — sound of a word
• Arabic: لَفْظ (lafẓ) — sound of a word
• Arabic: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ) — sound of a word
• Arabic: نُطق (nuṭg) — sound of a word
• Armenian: արտասանություն (artasanutʻyun) — sound of a word
• Asturian: pronunciación — sound of a word
• Azerbaijani: tələffüz — sound of a word
• Bashkir: әйтелеш (əyteleş) — sound of a word
• Belarusian: вымаўле́нне (vymawljénnje) — sound of a word
• Belarusian: вымо́ва (vymóva) — sound of a word
• Bengali: উচ্চারণ (uccaron) — sound of a word
• Central Bikol: sawod — sound of a word
• Central Bikol: sayod — sound of a word
• Breton: distagadur — sound of a word
• Bulgarian: произноше́ние (proiznošénie) — sound of a word
• Bulgarian: и́зговор (ízgovor) — sound of a word
• Burmese: အသံထွက် (a.samhtwak) — sound of a word
• Carpathian Rusyn: высло́вность (vŷslóvnostʹ) — sound of a word
• Catalan: pronunciació — sound of a word
• Catalan: pronúncia — sound of a word
• Chinese Cantonese: 發音 /发音 (faat3 jam1) — sound of a word
• Chinese: куйин (kuyin) — sound of a word
• Eastern Min Chinese: 發音 /发音 (huák-ĭng) — sound of a word
• Hakka Chinese: 發音 /发音 (fat-yîm) — sound of a word
• Chinese: 發音 /发音 (zh-min-nan) — sound of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 發音 /发音 (fāyīn) — sound of a word
• Wu Chinese: 發音 /发音 — sound of a word
• Corsican: prununzia — sound of a word
• Corsican: prununcia — sound of a word
• Czech: výslovnost — sound of a word
• Danish: udtale — sound of a word
• Dutch: uitspraak — sound of a word
• Esperanto: elparolo — sound of a word
• Estonian: hääldus — sound of a word
• Finnish: ääntämys — sound of a word
• French: prononciation — sound of a word
• West-Frisian: útspraak — sound of a word
• Galician: pronunciación — sound of a word
• Gamilaraay: dhaalan — sound of a word
• Georgian: წარმოთქმა (c̣armotkma) — sound of a word
• Georgian: გამოთქმა (gamotkma) — sound of a word
• German: Aussprache — sound of a word
• Greek: προφορά (proforá) — sound of a word
• Hebrew: הֲגִיָּה (hagiyá) — sound of a word
• Hindi: उच्चारण (uccāraṇ) — sound of a word
• Hindi: तलफ़्फ़ुज़ (talaffuz) — sound of a word
• Hindi: तलफ्फुज (talaphphuj) — sound of a word
• Hungarian: kiejtés — sound of a word
• Hungarian: ejtés — sound of a word
• Icelandic: framburður — sound of a word
• Indonesian: cara baca — sound of a word
• Indonesian: pelafalan — sound of a word
• Interlingua: pronunciation — sound of a word
• Irish: fuaimniú — sound of a word
• Italian: pronuncia — sound of a word
• Italian: pronunzia — sound of a word
• Japanese: 発音 (hatsuon) — sound of a word
• Japanese: 読み (yomi) — sound of a word
• Kapampangan: agkas — sound of a word
• Kashmiri: وۄشژار (vọśċār) — sound of a word
• Kazakh: айту (aitu) — sound of a word
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔɔrɔbiəp bɑɑnlɨɨ sou) — sound of a word
• Korean: 발음 (bareum) — sound of a word
• Central Kurdish: گۆ کردن (go kirdin) — sound of a word
• Northern Kurdish: bilêvkirin — sound of a word
• Northern Kurdish: telafûz — sound of a word
• Kyrgyz: айтуу (aytuu) — sound of a word
• Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang) — sound of a word
• Latvian: izruna — sound of a word
• Lithuanian: tarimas — sound of a word
• Macedonian: изговор (izgovor) — sound of a word
• Malay: sebutan — sound of a word
• Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (uccāraṇaṁ) — sound of a word
• Māori: whakahua — sound of a word
• Marathi: उच्चार (uccār) — sound of a word
• Mongolian: дуудлага (duudlaga) — sound of a word
• Mongolian: дуудахуй (duudaxuj) — sound of a word
• Norwegian Bokmål: uttale — sound of a word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uttale — sound of a word
• Pashto: تلفظ (talaffoz) — sound of a word
• Persian: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz) — sound of a word
• Dari: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz) — sound of a word
• Iranian Persian: تَلَفُّظ (talaffoz) — sound of a word
• Iranian Persian: آوایِش (âvâyeš) — sound of a word
• Polish: wymowa — sound of a word
• Portuguese: pronúncia — sound of a word
• Romanian: pronunție — sound of a word
• Romanian: pronunțare — sound of a word
• Romansh: pronunzia — sound of a word
• Russian: произноше́ние (proiznošénije) — sound of a word
• Northern Sami: báhkkodit — sound of a word
• Samogitian: tarėms — sound of a word
• Sardinian: pronuntzia — sound of a word
• Scots: pronunciation — sound of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏згово̄р — sound of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉzgovōr — sound of a word
• Sinhalese: උච්චාරණය (uccāraṇaya) — sound of a word
• Slovak: výslovnosť — sound of a word
• Slovene: izgovorjáva — sound of a word
• Lower Sorbian: wugronjenje — sound of a word
• Lower Sorbian: wugrono — sound of a word
• Upper Sorbian: wurěkowanje — sound of a word
• Upper Sorbian: artikulacija — sound of a word
• Upper Sorbian: wurěč — sound of a word
• Spanish: pronunciación — sound of a word
• Swahili: matamshi — sound of a word
• Swedish: uttal — sound of a word
• Tagalog: bigkas — sound of a word
• Tajik: талаффуз (talaffuz) — sound of a word
• Tamil: உச்சரிப்பு (uccarippu) — sound of a word
• Tamil: பலுக்கல் (palukkal) — sound of a word
• Tatar: әйтелеш (äyteleş) — sound of a word
• Thai: การออกเสียง (gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang) — sound of a word
• Turkish: telaffuz — sound of a word
• Turkish: okunuş — sound of a word
• Ottoman Turkish: تلفظ (telaffuz) — sound of a word
• Turkmen: aýdylyş — sound of a word
• Turkmen: käýinç — sound of a word
• Ukrainian: вимо́ва (vymóva) — sound of a word
• Ukrainian: вимовля́ння (vymovljánnja) — sound of a word
• Urdu: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz) — sound of a word
• Uyghur: تەلەپپۇز (teleppuz) — sound of a word
• Uzbek: talaffuz — sound of a word
• Uzbek: aytilish — sound of a word
• Vietnamese: cách phát âm — sound of a word
• Vietnamese: cách đọc — sound of a word
• West Flemish: uutsproake — sound of a word
• Yiddish: אַרויסרעד (aroysred) — sound of a word
• Afrikaans: uitspraak — way in which words are pronounced
• Albanian: shqiptim — way in which words are pronounced
• Amharic: አነጋገር (ʾänägagär) — way in which words are pronounced
• Arabic: لَفْظ (lafẓ) — way in which words are pronounced
• Arabic: نُطْق (nuṭq) — way in which words are pronounced
• Arabic: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuẓ) — way in which words are pronounced
• Armenian: արտասանություն (artasanutʻyun) — way in which words are pronounced
• Asturian: pronunciación — way in which words are pronounced
• Azerbaijani: tələffüz — way in which words are pronounced
• Bashkir: әйтелеш (əyteleş) — way in which words are pronounced
• Basque: ahoskera — way in which words are pronounced
• Belarusian: вымаўле́нне (vymawljénnje) — way in which words are pronounced
• Belarusian: вымо́ва (vymóva) — way in which words are pronounced
• Bengali: উচ্চারণ (uccaron) — way in which words are pronounced
• Central Bikol: pagsayod — way in which words are pronounced
• Bulgarian: произноше́ние (proiznošénie) — way in which words are pronounced
• Bulgarian: и́зговор (ízgovor) — way in which words are pronounced
• Carpathian Rusyn: высло́вность (vŷslóvnostʹ) — way in which words are pronounced
• Catalan: pronunciació — way in which words are pronounced
• Catalan: pronúncia — way in which words are pronounced
• Chinese Cantonese: 發音 /发音 (faat3 jam1) — way in which words are pronounced
• Chinese: 發音 /发音 (zh-min-nan) — way in which words are pronounced
• Chinese Mandarin: 發音 /发音 (fāyīn) — way in which words are pronounced
• Czech: výslovnost — way in which words are pronounced
• Danish: udtale — way in which words are pronounced
• Dutch: uitspraak — way in which words are pronounced
• Esperanto: prononco — way in which words are pronounced
• Estonian: hääldus — way in which words are pronounced
• Finnish: ääntämys — way in which words are pronounced
• Finnish: ääntäminen — way in which words are pronounced
• French: prononciation — way in which words are pronounced
• Georgian: წარმოთქმა (c̣armotkma) — way in which words are pronounced
• Georgian: გამოთქმა (gamotkma) — way in which words are pronounced
• Georgian: აქცენტი (akcenṭi) — way in which words are pronounced
• German: Aussprache — way in which words are pronounced
• Greek: προφορά (proforá) — way in which words are pronounced
• Hebrew: בִּטּוּי (bitúi) — way in which words are pronounced
• Hebrew: הֲגִיָּה (hagiya) — way in which words are pronounced
• Hindi: उच्चारण (uccāraṇ) — way in which words are pronounced
• Hindi: अनुलेखन (anulekhan) — way in which words are pronounced
• Hindi: तलफ़्फ़ुज़ (talaffuz) — way in which words are pronounced
• Hindi: तलफ्फुज (talaphphuj) — way in which words are pronounced
• Hungarian: kiejtés — way in which words are pronounced
• Icelandic: framburður — way in which words are pronounced
• Indonesian: lafal — way in which words are pronounced
• Indonesian: cara baca — way in which words are pronounced
• Indonesian: ucapan — way in which words are pronounced
• Indonesian: pengucapan — way in which words are pronounced
• Interlingua: pronunciation — way in which words are pronounced
• Irish: fuaimniú — way in which words are pronounced
• Italian: pronuncia — way in which words are pronounced
• Japanese: 発音 (hatsuon) — way in which words are pronounced
• Kannada: ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ (uccāraṇe) — way in which words are pronounced
• Kazakh: айту (aitu) — way in which words are pronounced
• Khmer: របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔɔrɔbiəp bɑɑnlɨɨ sou) — way in which words are pronounced
• Korean: 발음 (bareum) — way in which words are pronounced
• Northern Kurdish: bilêvkirin — way in which words are pronounced
• Kyrgyz: айтуу (aytuu) — way in which words are pronounced
• Lao: ການອອກສຽງ (kān ʼǭk sīang) — way in which words are pronounced
• Latin: prōnuntiātiō — way in which words are pronounced
• Latvian: izruna — way in which words are pronounced
• Lithuanian: tarimas — way in which words are pronounced
• Macedonian: изговор (izgovor) — way in which words are pronounced
• Malay: sebutan — way in which words are pronounced
• Malayalam: ഉച്ചാരണം (uccāraṇaṁ) — way in which words are pronounced
• Maltese: pronunzja — way in which words are pronounced
• Marathi: उच्चार (uccār) — way in which words are pronounced
• Marathi: उच्चारण (uccāraṇ) — way in which words are pronounced
• Mongolian: дуудлага (duudlaga) — way in which words are pronounced
• Mongolian: дуудахуй (duudaxuj) — way in which words are pronounced
• Norwegian Bokmål: uttale — way in which words are pronounced
• Pashto: تلفظ (talafoz) — way in which words are pronounced
• Iranian Persian: تَلَفُّظ (talaffoz) — way in which words are pronounced
• Iranian Persian: آوایِش (âvâyeš) — way in which words are pronounced
• Polish: wymowa — way in which words are pronounced
• Portuguese: pronúncia — way in which words are pronounced
• Portuguese: pronunciação — way in which words are pronounced
• Portuguese: prolação — way in which words are pronounced
• Romanian: pronunție — way in which words are pronounced
• Romanian: pronunțare — way in which words are pronounced
• Romansh: pronunzia — way in which words are pronounced
• Russian: произноше́ние (proiznošénije) — way in which words are pronounced
• Russian: вы́говор (výgovor) — way in which words are pronounced
• Russian: акце́нт (akcént) — way in which words are pronounced
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏згово̄р — way in which words are pronounced
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉzgovōr — way in which words are pronounced
• Sinhalese: උච්චාරණය (uccāraṇaya) — way in which words are pronounced
• Slovak: výslovnosť — way in which words are pronounced
• Slovene: izgovorjáva — way in which words are pronounced
• Spanish: pronunciación — way in which words are pronounced
• Swedish: uttal — way in which words are pronounced
• Tagalog: pagbigkas — way in which words are pronounced
• Tajik: талаффуз (talaffuz) — way in which words are pronounced
• Tamil: உச்சரிப்பு (uccarippu) — way in which words are pronounced
• Tatar: әйтелеш (äyteleş) — way in which words are pronounced
• Telugu: ఉచ్ఛారణ (ucchāraṇa) — way in which words are pronounced
• Thai: เสียงอ่าน (sǐiang-àan) — way in which words are pronounced
• Thai: การออกเสียง (gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang) — way in which words are pronounced
• Tibetan: སྒྲ (sgra) — way in which words are pronounced
• Turkish: söyleyiş — way in which words are pronounced
• Turkish: telaffuz — way in which words are pronounced
• Turkmen: aýdylyş — way in which words are pronounced
• Turkmen: käýinç — way in which words are pronounced
• Ukrainian: вимо́ва (vymóva) — way in which words are pronounced
• Ukrainian: вимовля́ння (vymovljánnja) — way in which words are pronounced
• Urdu: تَلَفُّظ (talaffuz) — way in which words are pronounced
• Urdu: طَرْزِ اَدا (tarz-i adā) — way in which words are pronounced
• Urdu: لَب و لَہْجَہ (lab o lahja) — way in which words are pronounced
• Uyghur: تەلەپپۇز (teleppuz) — way in which words are pronounced
• Uzbek: talaffuz — way in which words are pronounced
• Vietnamese: cách phát âm — way in which words are pronounced
• Welsh: cynaniad — way in which words are pronounced
• Yiddish: אויסשפּראַך (oysshprakh) — way in which words are pronounced
• Yiddish: אַרויסרעד (aroysred) — way in which words are pronounced
• Zhuang: fatyaem — way in which words are pronounced