pronunciation

/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

correct, good | bad, incorrect | alternative, different, variant | standard | American, Australian, etc.

VERB + PRONUNCIATION

correct

The teacher helped us correct our pronunciation during the English lesson.

PRONUNCIATION + NOUN

drill, exercise, practice

Definitions

noun

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;[…]

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.

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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noun — the way a word or a language is customarily spoken

orthoepy

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Example Bank

What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

Wiktionary

☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]

Wiktionary

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]

Wiktionary

I still can't get the knack of English pronunciation.

Tatoeba · #26311

Please correct my pronunciation.

Tatoeba · #38823

Mr Smith drilled them in English pronunciation.

Tatoeba · #51521

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