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語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

• enPR: prə-nŭn'-sē-ā′-shən, IPA: /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩/, [pʰɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən]
• enPR: prə-noun'-sē-ā′-shən IPA: /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)
• (obsolete) enPR: prə-nŭn'-shē-ā′-shən, IPA: /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /pɹəˌnʌn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃʌn/
• (Indic) IPA: /prɵ.nəns(.ɪ)ˈjeː.ʃən/, /prɵˌnaʊns(.ɪ)ˌjeː.ʃən/
• ハイフネーション: pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

pronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural 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 […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 211:

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

   • 1957, E[ric] J. Dobson, English pronunciation 1500-1700, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 145, page 673:

     In spite of the vague evidence, I think that we may conclude that ME ǭ, like ME ę̄, had two pronunciations during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a more advanced pronunciation with close [oː], and a more conservative one with the ‘intermediate vowel’ [ɔː] […]

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

   His Italian pronunciation is terrible.

   • 1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, pages 77-78; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:

     He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.

3. (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
   • 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.

反意語

• mispronunciation

下位語

• Received Pronunciation
• spelling pronunciation

派生語

関連する語

• pronounce
• mispronounce

参考

• orthoepy
• phoneme
• Wiktionary:Pronunciation

参照

Further reading

• pronunciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia