pronunciation

Meaning

Noun

• The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
• The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
• The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.

Related

Opposite words

• mispronunciation

Narrower meaning words

• Received Pronunciation
• spelling pronunciation

Origin

• From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, pronunciation, from Latin prōnūntiātiō, noun of action from perfect passive participle prōnūntiātus, from verb prōnūntiāre, from prō- + nūntiāre. pronuntiatio.