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
- 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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