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Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Pronunciation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the manner in which someone utters a word

"they are always correcting my pronunciation"

2

the way a word or a language is customarily spoken

"the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"

"that is the correct pronunciation"

3

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

"The teacher spent the whole class correcting my pronunciation of difficult French words so I could say them correctly."

Example Sentences
"they are always correcting my pronunciation" noun
"the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners" noun
"that is the correct pronunciation" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
utterance speech
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sibilation mispronunciation homophony accent articulation Received Pronunciation

Origin

The word comes from Latin pronuntiatio, which originally meant "a proclamation." It is built from the verb pronuntiare ("to proclaim"), combining prō- ("for") and nūntiāre ("to announce").

Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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