English > pronounce: 2 senses > verb 1, communicationMeaning | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Example | "She pronounces French words in a funny way" |
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Synonyms | articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say |
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Entails | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
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Narrower | aspirate | pronounce with aspiration |
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click | produce a click |
devoice | Utter with tense vocal chords |
drawl | lengthen and slow down or draw out |
explode | Cause to burst as a result of air pressure |
flap | pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds |
lilt | articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way |
lisp | speak with a lisp |
mispronounce, misspeak | pronounce a word incorrectly |
nasalize, nasalise | pronounce with a lowered velum |
nasalize, nasalise | speak nasally or through the nose |
palatalize, palatalise | pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate |
raise | pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth |
retroflex | articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate |
roll | pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ |
round, labialize, labialise | pronounce with rounded lips |
sibilate | pronounce with an initial sibilant |
stress, accent, accentuate | put stress on |
subvocalize, subvocalise | articulate without making audible sounds |
syllabize, syllabise | Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable |
trill | pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme 'r' |
twang | pronounce with a nasal twang |
vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise | pronounce as a vowel |
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise | Utter with vibrating vocal chords |
Spanish | articular, decir, declarar, hablar, pronunciar, sentenciar |
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Catalan | articular, declarar, parlar, pronunciar, sentenciar |
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Nouns | pronunciation | the manner in which someone utters a word |
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pronunciation | the way a word or a language is customarily spoken |