Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable)The way in which a word, phrase, letter, character etc. is made to sound when spoken.

    What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

    In English, there are two pronunciations of the digraph 'th': voiced and unvoiced

    Aussprache, Aussprache

    произноше́ниеproiznošénije, произноше́ниеproiznošénije, вы́говорvýgovor

    вимо́ваvymóva, вимовля́нняvymovljánnja, вимо́ваvymóva

    the way a word or a language is customarily spoken

  2. (uncountable)The characteristic sounds of a particular language, accent, or individual's speech.

    His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

    Being a good newsreader isn't just about having clear pronunciation.

  3. (countable)The act of making a pronouncement or uttering a vocable.

Examples

178 sentences
  1. I'm sorry my pronunciation isn't very good.

    Перепрошую за погану вимову. — deniko

    ruИзвините, у меня не очень хорошее произношение. — marafon

  2. I would like to improve my English pronunciation.

    Я б хотів покращити свою англійську вимову. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ б хотел улучшить своё английское произношение. — shanghainese

    deIch würde gerne meine englische Aussprache verbessern. — MUIRIEL

  3. Please correct my pronunciation.

    Будь ласка, виправляй мою вимову. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, поправляйте моё произношение. — Biga

    deVerbessere bitte meine Aussprache! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Your pronunciation is excellent.

    У тебе відмінна вимова. — deniko

    ruУ тебя отличное произношение. — marafon

  5. Both pronunciations are correct.

    Обидві вимови правильні. — deniko

    ruОба произношения правильные. — Tonari

    deBeide Aussprachen sind korrekt. — Eldad

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sound of a word:
Русский
By meaning 2
sound of a word:
way in which words are pronounced:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sound of a word:

Origin

From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, pronunciation, from

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.

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Forms

plural: pronunciations
Singularpronunciation
Pluralpronunciations

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the way a word or a language is customarily spoken:orthoepy

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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