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pronunciation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pronunciation has 2 senses
- pronunciation(n = noun.communication) Array - the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation" is a kind of utterance, vocalization
- pronunciation(n = noun.communication) orthoepy - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation" has particulars: received pronunciation
has particulars: assibilation, sibilation, mispronunciation, homophony, accent, speech pattern, articulation
Derived form verb pronounce1
is a kind of language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication
Derived form verb pronounce1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pronunciation, n. [F. pronunciation, L. pronunciatio. See Pronounce.].
- The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation. [1913 Webster]
- The mode of uttering words or sentences. [1913 Webster]
- The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called
delivery . J. Q. Adams. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pronunciation, n.
1 the way in which a word is pronounced, esp. with reference to a standard.
2 the act or an instance of pronouncing.
3 a person's way of pronouncing words etc.
1 the way in which a word is pronounced, esp. with reference to a standard.
2 the act or an instance of pronouncing.
3 a person's way of pronouncing words etc.
Etymology
ME f. OF prononciation or L pronuntiatio (as PRONOUNCE)
ROGET THESAURUS
pronunciation
Voice
N voice, vocality, organ, lungs, bellows, good voice, fine voice, powerful voice, musical voice, intonation, tone of voice, vocalization, cry, strain, utterance, prolation, exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis, enunciation, articulation, articulate sound, distinctness, clearness, of articulation, stage whisper, delivery, accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent, pronunciation, homonym, orthoepy, cacoepy, euphony, gastriloquism, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, polyphonism, polyphonist, phonology, vocal, phonetic, oral, ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous, euphonious, how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman, the organ of the soul, thy voice is a celestial melody.
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