Pronunciation synonyms

prə-nŭn'sē-ā'shən

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voicing
(Phonetics) the articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate
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intonation
The singing of these
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elocution
Style or manner of speaking or reading in public
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syllabification
The division of a word into syllables.
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articulation
A speech sound, especially a consonant.
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utterance
That which is uttered; esp., a word or words uttered, whether written or spoken
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orthoepical
Of or pertaining to orthoepy, or correct pronunciation
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phonetic-spelling (related)
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speech
(Uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
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dialect (related)
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orthoepistic
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phonetic
Of speech sounds or the production or transcription of these
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syllabic
(Linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rĭd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l).
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accent
(Usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
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diction
Choice and use of words in speech or writing.
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drawl
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
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enunciation
The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
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orthoepy
The correct pronunciation of words.
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phonemics
The study and establishment of the phonemes of a language.
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phonetics
The system of sounds of a particular language.
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phonology
An overall description of the sounds of a given language
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twang
The definition of a twang is the sharp, tinny sound of a plucked string or banged metal object, or a way of speaking that sounds nasal.
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articulate
To speak clearly; to enunciate.
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syllabify
To form or divide into syllables.
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spelling (related)
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pronounciation (related)
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orthography (related)
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grammatical (related)
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phonetically (related)
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word-order (related)
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spoken language (related)
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vocabulary (related)
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inflection (related)
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prosody (related)
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enunciative
Relating to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
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incisive
(Anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.
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orthoepic
Of or pertaining to orthoepy
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  • Her pronunciation of his name was pleasantly accented.

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  • And the whole shows plainly that the written forms of words which are not of later remodelling are really the representatives of the pronunciation of the language as it was spoken at the time of the transcription.

  • But the second syllable of the same word shows Syriac siding with Hebrew against Arabic. Again the primitive a of Arabic is in the older (Nestorian) pronunciation of Syriac maintained, while in Jacobite Syriac and in Hebrew it passes into o: thus Ar.

  • Lane, of Harvard, that a reformed pronunciation of Latin was adopted in all the colleges and schools of the United States.

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