pronunciationとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA^(key): [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən]
• enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion

名詞

pronunciation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 pronunciations)

1. (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

   What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?

   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎^[1], London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, OCLC 37805775, page 211:

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

2. (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

   His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

3. (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
   • 1831, Thomas Oughton, James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)

     The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

派生語

関連する語

• pronounce
• mispronounce
• mispronunciation