pronunciation

名词 n.
发音 prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. countable
    — What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
  2. The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking. uncountable
    — His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
  3. The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable. countable
    — The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

词形变化

pronunciations plural pronuntiation alternative,obsolete pronounciation alternative,misspelling,nonstandard

词源

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.
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