pronunciation
/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The way in which a word, phrase, letter, character etc. is made to sound when spoken.
Countable
noun
The characteristic sounds of a particular language, accent, or individual's speech.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?"
- "In English, there are two pronunciations of the digraph 'th': voiced and unvoiced"
- "☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]"
- "In spite of the vague evidence, I think that we may conclude that ME ǭ, like ME ę̄, had two pronunciations during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a more advanced pronunciation with close [oː], and a more conservative one with the ‘intermediate vowel’ [ɔː] […]"
- "His Italian pronunciation is terrible."
- "Being a good newsreader isn't just about having clear pronunciation."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pronunciacioun, prononciation, prōnūntiātiō