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pronunciation

noun
/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩/

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.

  1. derived from prōnūntiātiō
  2. derived from prononciation
  3. inherited from pronunciacioun

Definitions

  1. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

    • What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
    • ☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]

  2. The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

    • His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
    • He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.

  3. The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.

    • The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

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Derived

nonpronunciation, Old National Pronunciation, overpronunciation, pronunciational, pronunciation dictionary, pronunciation respelling, repronunciation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pronunciation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at pronunciation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at pronunciation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA