pronunciation

/prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

nounpro · nun · ci · a · tion

Think: “PRO-NUN-see-AY-shun” — it has NUN in the middle, not *NOUN*.

Yes, it's pronunciation. The tricky part is the middle: it’s **pronun-** (with **nun**), not **pronoun-**.

Definition

  1. nounthe way a word is spoken; how its sounds are said

Examples

  • Her pronunciation improved after she practiced the vowel sounds every day.
  • If you’re unsure of the pronunciation, look the word up in a dictionary and listen to the audio.
  • The teacher modeled the correct pronunciation of each new vocabulary word.

Synonyms

enunciationarticulationdictionspeech

Antonyms

mispronunciation

Translations

ES pronunciaciónPT pronúnciaFR prononciation

Common misspellings

pronounciationpronuncationpronounsiationpronunsiationpronounciacionpronunciacion

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