Pronounce

Verb

 * 1)  To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
 * I hereby pronounce you man and wife.
 * 1)  To pass judgment.
 * ''The judge pronounced often before, but never so widely press-attended
 * 1)  To sound out (a) word(s).
 * 2) * 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, page 182:
 * They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.
 * 1)  To produce the components of speech.
 * ''Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
 * 1)  To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
 * ''The doctor pronounced them legally dead.
 * 1)  To read aloud.

Derived terms

 * pronounceable
 * pronounced
 * pronouncer
 * pronouncing

Related terms

 * pronoun
 * pronouncement
 * pronunciation

Adverbs for Pronounce
whimsically; unanimously; syllabically; solemnly; unhesitatingly; emphatically; impressively; weightily; definitely; academically.

Thesaurus
act on, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, articulate, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, bid, breathe, broadcast, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, chime, chorus, come out with, command, commission, communicate, condemn, contend, convey, declare, declare roundly, decree, deliver, dictate, direct, disclose, doom, emit, enjoin, enunciate, express, find, find against, find for, fling off, formulate, give, give an order, give expression, give notice, give out with, give the word, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, have, hold, impart, insist, instruct, issue a command, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, issue a writ, judge, lay down, let out, lip, maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, make known, mandate, manifesto, ordain, order, order about, out with, pass, pass judgment, pass sentence, phonate, phrase, pour forth, predicate, present, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce judgment, pronounce on, protest, publicize, publish, publish a manifesto, put, put forth, put in words, put it, put out, raise, report, return a verdict, rule, say, say the word, sentence, set down, set forth, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, tell, throw off, utter, utter a judgment, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, word

Etymology
Recorded since c.1330, "to utter, declare officially", from pronuncier, from  pronunciare, from  pronuntiare, itself from pro- "forth, out, in public" + nuntiare "announce," from nuntius "messenger".

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: deklari, eldiri
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, kinyilatkoztat, nyilvánít
 * Macedonian: прогласува
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: oznajmić


 * Dutch:


 * Macedonian: пресудува


 * Arabic: لفظ, نطق
 * Catalan: pronunciar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: prononci, elparoli
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: kiejt, kimond


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: изговара
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: произносить ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ออกเสียง
 * Vietnamese: phát âm


 * Czech:
 * Greek: αρθρώνω


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Czech:


 * Dutch: zich (reflexive)


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French: ,
 * Norwegian:


 * : 宣称 (xuānchēng), 宣告 (xuāngào)
 * : (se) prononcer
 * : pronunciare


 * : pronunciar
 * : uttala (2), förklara (3), deklarera (3)
 * : உச்சரிப்பு (uccarippu)
 * : ఉచ్చారణ (uccaarana)