pronunciationn.

Brit.

/prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/prəˌnənsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English pronunciacion, late Middle English pronunciacioun, 1500s pronouncyacyon, 1500s pronuncyation, 1500s pronunsyation, 1500s–1600s pronounciacion, 1500s– pronounciation (now nonstandard), 1500s–1700s pronuntiation, 1500s– pronunciation, 1600s prononciation, 1600s pronountiation, 1600s pronuntiacion; Scottish pre-1700 pronuncatioun, pre-1700 pronunceatioun, pre-1700 pronunciacion, pre-1700 pronunciacione, pre-1700 pronunciacioune, pre-1700 pronunciacone, pre-1700 pronunciatione, pre-1700 pronunciatioun, pre-1700 pronuncieatione, pre-1700 pronunsacion, pre-1700 pronuntiation, pre-1700 pronuntiatioune, pre-1700 1700s– pronunciation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pronunciacione, prononciacion; Latin prōnuntiātiōn-, prōnuntiātiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pronunciacione, pronunciacioun, pronunciation and Middle French prononciacion, prononciation, pronunciacion, pronunciation (French prononciation ) judgement, decision, decree (1281 in Old French in legal use), action of officially pronouncing a verdict or proclaiming a decree (late 14th cent. in legal use), action of pronouncing words, syllables, or sounds (late 14th cent.), art of elocution, eloquent delivery (c1400), way in which sounds or words are pronounced (first half of the 15th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin prōnuntiātiōn-, prōnuntiātiō public announcement, proclamation, judicial announcement, verdict, open statement, declaration, utterance, speech, diction, oratorical delivery < prōnuntiāt- , past participial stem of prōnuntiāre pronounce v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. With sense 3, which is apparently not paralleled in French, compare pronounced adj. 2. Compare Old Occitan pronunciacion (end of the 13th cent.; also pronunciatio , pronunciation ; Occitan prononciacion ), Catalan pronunciació (1272), Spanish pronunciación (late 13th cent.), Portuguese pronunciação (14th cent. as pronunciaçon ), Italian pronunziazione (a1294; now archaic and rare). Compare pronouncing n.The forms pronouncyacyon, pronounciacion, pronountiation, pronounciation show the influence of pronounce v. This influence is also seen in the pronunciation Brit.

/prəˌnaʊnsɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/prəˌnaʊnsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, which has frequently been criticized in usage guides.

†a. Oratorical utterance; elocution; delivery; spec. elegant or eloquent delivery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun]

rhetoricc1330

pronunciation?a1439

rhetory?a1500

well-speaking1511

oratorya1522

rhetorism1569

declaiming1577

pronouncec1600

acroama1603

eloquence1623

rhetoricalness1670

hypocritic1776

union1834

Speakership1887

oracy1965

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. 3140 (MED) Bi crafft he hadde..Fauour synguleer in pronunciacioun..For the pronouncyng of maters in substaunce.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 116^v Pronunciation is an apte orderinge both of the voyce, countenaunce, and all the whole bodye, accordynge to the worthines of suche woordes and mater as by speache are declared.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xviii. 211 Pronuntiation, beeing that which either makes or mars the most excellent speech.

1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 8 By Pronunciation, the Antients understood both Elocution and Action; and comprehended in it the right Management of the Voice, Looks, and Gesture.

b. The action of pronouncing a word or words; the way in which a word is pronounced, esp. with reference to a recognized standard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun]

voicec1300

sound1385

pronouncingc1430

pronunciation?a1475

articulation1669

phonea1866

vocalism1873

phoneme1894

phone-type1957

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > correct pronunciation of speech sounds

pronunciation?a1475

prosody1588

voculation1656

vocalics1875

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 161 (MED) Hit is to be hade in meruayle that the propur langage of Englische men scholde be made so diuerse in oon lytelle yle in pronunciacion [L. pronunciacione] sythe the langage of Normannes is oon and vniuocate allemoste amonge theyme alle.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 20 They have utterly neglected the frenche mennes maner of pronounciation, and so rede frenche as theyr fantasy or opinion dyde lede them.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vii. f. 124 For the ryghter pronunsyation of the names.

1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) i. ii. 4 Drusius thinkes that Galatinus was first Authour of this pronountiation Iehoua.

a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 86 I follow his pronunciation both of the Latine and Greek.

1710 London Gaz. No. 4695/3 This William Charlton..speaks according to the Northern Pronunciation.

?1750 W. Jones Observ. Most Nat. & Easy Way educating Children 11 They should be daily accustomed to read English, Verse as well as Prose, and always to have Regard to Pronunciation, Emphasis, and Accent.

1791 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. 23 Nothing tends more to tarnish and vulgarize the pronunciation than this short and obscure sound of the unaccented u.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pry, to raise or attempt to raise with a lever. This is the common popular pronunciation of prize in America.

1869 J. Eadie Comm. Epist. Gal. (iv. 6) 303 The childlike lisp in the word Abba, and its easy labial pronunciation.

1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince ii. 13 His father had always been unswerving in his attention to his pronunciation and method of speaking the language.

1950 Amer. Speech 25 68/1 Variant spellings indicate an effort to follow the pronunciation of the word.

1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express (1980) xii. 239 The first stop was Miraflores: ‘Mirror-floors’, in the corrupt Zonian pronunciation.

2006 Place in Sun May 98/1 Any language is hard to learn, and many have difficult pronunciation—the rolling Spanish ‘rr’ is one of the most challenging.

†c. The action of speaking; articulation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun]

speechc725

spellc888

tonguec897

spellingc1000

wordOE

mathelingOE

redec1275

sermonc1275

leeda1300

gale13..

speakc1300

speaking1303

ledenc1320

talea1325

parliamentc1325

winda1330

sermoningc1330

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melinga1375

talkingc1386

wordc1390

prolationa1393

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eloquencec1400

utteringc1400

language?c1450

reporturec1475

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report1548

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deliverance1553

oration1555

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ventilation1615

loquency1623

voicinga1626

verbocination1653

loquence1677

pronunciation1686

loquel1694

jawinga1731

talkee-talkee?1740

vocification1743

talkation1781

voicing1822

utterancy1827

voicing1831

the spoken word1832

outness1851

verbalization1851

voice1855

outgiving1865

stringing1886

praxis1950

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 387 He wrought that Miracle, onely by the pronuntiation of one word [Fr. en prononçant seulement une parole].

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 150 St. Thomas..says that Jesus Christ continued the Pronunciation [of the Words] all the while he bless'd [Fr. a fait durer cette pronunciation pendant qu'il a beni], and brake and distributed the Eucharist.

2. The action of pronouncing something authoritatively; public proclamation or declaration; an instance of this; = pronouncement n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun]

bodingc1000

proclamationa1325

announcingc1450

pronunciationc1455

nunciationc1460

proclaim1461

announcement1512

blazoning1533

denouncement1544

denunciation1548

denouncing1552

annunciation1563

blazing1563

indiction1583

pronouncement1593

exclamation1602

predication1618

pronounce1641

preconization1650

predicature1653

denounce1704

preconizance1719

annunciatinga1729

annonce1775

announce1779

blazonment1876

society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > an announcement or proclamation

ban1297

proclamationa1325

pronouncing1442

pronunciationc1455

annunciationa1500

announcement1512

placard1560

placate1567

bando1598

bill1642

declaration1659

advertisement1692

noration1799

pronunciamiento1832

c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 39 Gif it betyde nocht al thre the arbitouris to concorde in the pronunciacone of the dome the sentence..of twa sulde..be of vale.

?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 500 The chauncellor of Ynglonde made a pronunciacion in the maner of a sermon.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 8 (MED) Holy prophetes..sauoured more serteynly of here redemptoure and made pronunciacioun and prophecie of him and of the maner of his redempcion.

1538 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 112 For advoidinge..of the pronunciation of Novellties withoute wise and discrite qualification.

1564–5 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 315 Quhill the pronunciation of the decreit arbitrall.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 609/2 The forme of pronunciation was, In the Name of God, Amen.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 322 If he be not terrified with that dismal Pronunciation, If we sin willfully [etc.].

1724 T. Lewis Origines Hebrææ I. i. vii. 70 Sentence was pronounced in this manner:..which simple Pronunciation of Sentence either absolv'd, or condemned the Accused.

1791 Laura Valmont xix. 157 The look of despair, the solemn accent in which he spoke, and the resigned and final pronunciation of his own sentence deeply affected us all.

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 105 The declamations and ‘pronunciations’ of the rabble.

1896 Times 18 Aug. 4/3 He made no public pronunciation in favour of the Parnellites; but he never concealed in private conversation that they had his sympathies.

1908 D. H. Lawrence Let. 17 July (1962) I. 19 Quantà Laetitia, I shall receive your pronunciations with pleasure.

1958 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 9 July 18/5 One of the rawest public pronunciations of the political double-double-standard on record.

2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 27 Mar. 33 They [sc. celebrities] have come to believe that everything they do must be conducted in the pages of the press... A shadow hangs over all such public pronunciations.

†3. Clear delineation of features in painting, drawing, etc. Cf. pronounced adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pronouncing, Pronunciation, in Painting, the marking, and expressing the parts of all kinds of Bodies with that degree of Force, necessary to make them more, or less distinct, and conspicuous.

Compounds

pronunciation key n. a guide indicating how words are to be pronounced, typically in the form of a list of symbols.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [noun] > phonetic transcription > phonetic symbols > list of

pronunciation key1917

1917 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 22 June 4/4 In the pronunciation key, straight lines over the letters A and U denote the long sound, as in ‘hAte’ and ‘dUde’.

1962 C. L. Barnhart in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 174 Two great scholars..said that the pronunciation key was of no importance whatsoever; they felt that any key that used symbols consistently was adequate.

2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. 13 No matter how many pronunciation keys you include, reading a foreign language to yourself can never replace a conversation with a fluent speaker.

pronunciation spelling n. the spelling of words in accordance with their usual pronunciation; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > correct, customary spelling > system of writing with phonetic consistency

simplified spelling1864

Anglic1930

pronunciation spelling1944

1944 H. J. Uldall in E. P. Hamp et al. Readings in Linguistics II (1966) 149 If there have been cases of spelling-pronunciation, there have also been cases of pronunciation-spelling.

1953 K. Jackson Lang. & Hist. in Early Brit. i. ii. 70 If the spelling..depended on tradition alone..there would be far more cases of pronunciation-spellings betraying lenition than the few which do exist.

2000 J. R. Rickford & R. J. Rickford Spoken Soul ii. ii. 25 Its deftly timed delivery of Spoken Soul—conveyed primarily through pronunciation spellings ( mo for ‘more’ and Ah for ‘I’) and eye dialect ( uh for ‘a’).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pronunciation
释义	pronunciationn. Brit. /prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /prəˌnənsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English pronunciacion, late Middle English pronunciacioun, 1500s pronouncyacyon, 1500s pronuncyation, 1500s pronunsyation, 1500s–1600s pronounciacion, 1500s– pronounciation (now nonstandard), 1500s–1700s pronuntiation, 1500s– pronunciation, 1600s prononciation, 1600s pronountiation, 1600s pronuntiacion; Scottish pre-1700 pronuncatioun, pre-1700 pronunceatioun, pre-1700 pronunciacion, pre-1700 pronunciacione, pre-1700 pronunciacioune, pre-1700 pronunciacone, pre-1700 pronunciatione, pre-1700 pronunciatioun, pre-1700 pronuncieatione, pre-1700 pronunsacion, pre-1700 pronuntiation, pre-1700 pronuntiatioune, pre-1700 1700s– pronunciation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pronunciacione, prononciacion; Latin prōnuntiātiōn-, prōnuntiātiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pronunciacione, pronunciacioun, pronunciation and Middle French prononciacion, prononciation, pronunciacion, pronunciation (French prononciation ) judgement, decision, decree (1281 in Old French in legal use), action of officially pronouncing a verdict or proclaiming a decree (late 14th cent. in legal use), action of pronouncing words, syllables, or sounds (late 14th cent.), art of elocution, eloquent delivery (c1400), way in which sounds or words are pronounced (first half of the 15th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin prōnuntiātiōn-, prōnuntiātiō public announcement, proclamation, judicial announcement, verdict, open statement, declaration, utterance, speech, diction, oratorical delivery < prōnuntiāt- , past participial stem of prōnuntiāre pronounce v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. With sense 3, which is apparently not paralleled in French, compare pronounced adj. 2. Compare Old Occitan pronunciacion (end of the 13th cent.; also pronunciatio , pronunciation ; Occitan prononciacion ), Catalan pronunciació (1272), Spanish pronunciación (late 13th cent.), Portuguese pronunciação (14th cent. as pronunciaçon ), Italian pronunziazione (a1294; now archaic and rare). Compare pronouncing n.The forms pronouncyacyon, pronounciacion, pronountiation, pronounciation show the influence of pronounce v. This influence is also seen in the pronunciation Brit. /prəˌnaʊnsɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /prəˌnaʊnsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, which has frequently been criticized in usage guides. 1. †a. Oratorical utterance; elocution; delivery; spec. elegant or eloquent delivery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] rhetoricc1330 pronunciation?a1439 rhetory?a1500 well-speaking1511 oratorya1522 rhetorism1569 declaiming1577 pronouncec1600 acroama1603 eloquence1623 rhetoricalness1670 hypocritic1776 union1834 Speakership1887 oracy1965 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. 3140 (MED) Bi crafft he hadde..Fauour synguleer in pronunciacioun..For the pronouncyng of maters in substaunce. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 116^v Pronunciation is an apte orderinge both of the voyce, countenaunce, and all the whole bodye, accordynge to the worthines of suche woordes and mater as by speache are declared. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xviii. 211 Pronuntiation, beeing that which either makes or mars the most excellent speech. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 8 By Pronunciation, the Antients understood both Elocution and Action; and comprehended in it the right Management of the Voice, Looks, and Gesture. b. The action of pronouncing a word or words; the way in which a word is pronounced, esp. with reference to a recognized standard. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] voicec1300 sound1385 pronouncingc1430 pronunciation?a1475 articulation1669 phonea1866 vocalism1873 phoneme1894 phone-type1957 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > correct pronunciation of speech sounds pronunciation?a1475 prosody1588 voculation1656 vocalics1875 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 161 (MED) Hit is to be hade in meruayle that the propur langage of Englische men scholde be made so diuerse in oon lytelle yle in pronunciacion [L. pronunciacione] sythe the langage of Normannes is oon and vniuocate allemoste amonge theyme alle. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 20 They have utterly neglected the frenche mennes maner of pronounciation, and so rede frenche as theyr fantasy or opinion dyde lede them. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vii. f. 124 For the ryghter pronunsyation of the names. 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) i. ii. 4 Drusius thinkes that Galatinus was first Authour of this pronountiation Iehoua. a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 86 I follow his pronunciation both of the Latine and Greek. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4695/3 This William Charlton..speaks according to the Northern Pronunciation. ?1750 W. Jones Observ. Most Nat. & Easy Way educating Children 11 They should be daily accustomed to read English, Verse as well as Prose, and always to have Regard to Pronunciation, Emphasis, and Accent. 1791 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. 23 Nothing tends more to tarnish and vulgarize the pronunciation than this short and obscure sound of the unaccented u. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pry, to raise or attempt to raise with a lever. This is the common popular pronunciation of prize in America. 1869 J. Eadie Comm. Epist. Gal. (iv. 6) 303 The childlike lisp in the word Abba, and its easy labial pronunciation. 1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince ii. 13 His father had always been unswerving in his attention to his pronunciation and method of speaking the language. 1950 Amer. Speech 25 68/1 Variant spellings indicate an effort to follow the pronunciation of the word. 1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express (1980) xii. 239 The first stop was Miraflores: ‘Mirror-floors’, in the corrupt Zonian pronunciation. 2006 Place in Sun May 98/1 Any language is hard to learn, and many have difficult pronunciation—the rolling Spanish ‘rr’ is one of the most challenging. †c. The action of speaking; articulation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] speechc725 spellc888 tonguec897 spellingc1000 wordOE mathelingOE redec1275 sermonc1275 leeda1300 gale13.. speakc1300 speaking1303 ledenc1320 talea1325 parliamentc1325 winda1330 sermoningc1330 saying1340 melinga1375 talkingc1386 wordc1390 prolationa1393 carpinga1400 eloquencec1400 utteringc1400 language?c1450 reporturec1475 parleyc1490 locutionc1500 talk1539 discourse1545 report1548 tonguec1550 deliverance1553 oration1555 delivery1577 parling1582 parle1584 conveying1586 passage1598 perlocution1599 wording1604 bursta1616 ventilation1615 loquency1623 voicinga1626 verbocination1653 loquence1677 pronunciation1686 loquel1694 jawinga1731 talkee-talkee?1740 vocification1743 talkation1781 voicing1822 utterancy1827 voicing1831 the spoken word1832 outness1851 verbalization1851 voice1855 outgiving1865 stringing1886 praxis1950 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 387 He wrought that Miracle, onely by the pronuntiation of one word [Fr. en prononçant seulement une parole]. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 150 St. Thomas..says that Jesus Christ continued the Pronunciation [of the Words] all the while he bless'd [Fr. a fait durer cette pronunciation pendant qu'il a beni], and brake and distributed the Eucharist. 2. The action of pronouncing something authoritatively; public proclamation or declaration; an instance of this; = pronouncement n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] bodingc1000 proclamationa1325 announcingc1450 pronunciationc1455 nunciationc1460 proclaim1461 announcement1512 blazoning1533 denouncement1544 denunciation1548 denouncing1552 annunciation1563 blazing1563 indiction1583 pronouncement1593 exclamation1602 predication1618 pronounce1641 preconization1650 predicature1653 denounce1704 preconizance1719 annunciatinga1729 annonce1775 announce1779 blazonment1876 society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > an announcement or proclamation ban1297 proclamationa1325 pronouncing1442 pronunciationc1455 annunciationa1500 announcement1512 placard1560 placate1567 bando1598 bill1642 declaration1659 advertisement1692 noration1799 pronunciamiento1832 c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 39 Gif it betyde nocht al thre the arbitouris to concorde in the pronunciacone of the dome the sentence..of twa sulde..be of vale. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 500 The chauncellor of Ynglonde made a pronunciacion in the maner of a sermon. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 8 (MED) Holy prophetes..sauoured more serteynly of here redemptoure and made pronunciacioun and prophecie of him and of the maner of his redempcion. 1538 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 112 For advoidinge..of the pronunciation of Novellties withoute wise and discrite qualification. 1564–5 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 315 Quhill the pronunciation of the decreit arbitrall. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 609/2 The forme of pronunciation was, In the Name of God, Amen. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 322 If he be not terrified with that dismal Pronunciation, If we sin willfully [etc.]. 1724 T. Lewis Origines Hebrææ I. i. vii. 70 Sentence was pronounced in this manner:..which simple Pronunciation of Sentence either absolv'd, or condemned the Accused. 1791 Laura Valmont xix. 157 The look of despair, the solemn accent in which he spoke, and the resigned and final pronunciation of his own sentence deeply affected us all. 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 105 The declamations and ‘pronunciations’ of the rabble. 1896 Times 18 Aug. 4/3 He made no public pronunciation in favour of the Parnellites; but he never concealed in private conversation that they had his sympathies. 1908 D. H. Lawrence Let. 17 July (1962) I. 19 Quantà Laetitia, I shall receive your pronunciations with pleasure. 1958 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 9 July 18/5 One of the rawest public pronunciations of the political double-double-standard on record. 2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 27 Mar. 33 They [sc. celebrities] have come to believe that everything they do must be conducted in the pages of the press... A shadow hangs over all such public pronunciations. †3. Clear delineation of features in painting, drawing, etc. Cf. pronounced adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pronouncing, Pronunciation, in Painting, the marking, and expressing the parts of all kinds of Bodies with that degree of Force, necessary to make them more, or less distinct, and conspicuous. Compounds pronunciation key n. a guide indicating how words are to be pronounced, typically in the form of a list of symbols. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [noun] > phonetic transcription > phonetic symbols > list of pronunciation key1917 1917 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 22 June 4/4 In the pronunciation key, straight lines over the letters A and U denote the long sound, as in ‘hAte’ and ‘dUde’. 1962 C. L. Barnhart in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 174 Two great scholars..said that the pronunciation key was of no importance whatsoever; they felt that any key that used symbols consistently was adequate. 2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. 13 No matter how many pronunciation keys you include, reading a foreign language to yourself can never replace a conversation with a fluent speaker. pronunciation spelling n. the spelling of words in accordance with their usual pronunciation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > correct, customary spelling > system of writing with phonetic consistency simplified spelling1864 Anglic1930 pronunciation spelling1944 1944 H. J. Uldall in E. P. Hamp et al. Readings in Linguistics II (1966) 149 If there have been cases of spelling-pronunciation, there have also been cases of pronunciation-spelling. 1953 K. Jackson Lang. & Hist. in Early Brit. i. ii. 70 If the spelling..depended on tradition alone..there would be far more cases of pronunciation-spellings betraying lenition than the few which do exist. 2000 J. R. Rickford & R. J. Rickford Spoken Soul ii. ii. 25 Its deftly timed delivery of Spoken Soul—conveyed primarily through pronunciation spellings ( mo for ‘more’ and Ah for ‘I’) and eye dialect ( uh for ‘a’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1439
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