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received pronunciation language

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
re-ceived pro-nun-ci-a-tion lan-guage
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting

Synonyms

received pronunciation king's english queen's english

Questions

What does received pronunciation language mean?
the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting

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