Pronunciation vs Pronounce - What's the difference?
pronunciation | pronounce | Related terms |
(countable) The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
(countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
* 1831 , Thomas Oughton, ?James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)
To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
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, title= To pass judgment.
To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
* 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:
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To produce the components of speech.
To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
To read aloud.
Pronounce is a related term of pronunciation.
As a noun pronunciation
is the standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.As a verb pronounce is
to formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.pronunciation
English
(wikipedia pronunciation)Noun
- What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
- His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
- The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.
Derived terms
* mispronunciation * pronunciation dictionary * pronunciation guide * pronunciation respelling * pronunciational * Received Pronunciation * spelling pronunciationSee also
* SAMPA * phoneme * orthoepy * ----pronounce
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Verb
(pronounc)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
- They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .
