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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

[ English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹəˈnaʊns/, SAMPA: /pr@"naUns/
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  Rhymes: -aʊns

[ Etymology

From Old French pronuncier, from Late Latin pronunciare, from Latin pronuntiare.

[ Verb

Infinitive to pronounce

Third person singular pronounces

Simple past pronounced

Past participle pronounced

Present participle pronouncing

to pronounce (third-person singular simple present pronounces, present participle pronouncing, simple past and past participle pronounced)

1. (transitive) To read aloud.
2. (transitive) To sound out a word.
3. (transitive) To officially declare.

   I hereby pronounce you man and wife.

[ Related terms

• pronoun
• pronounceable
• pronouncement
• pronunciation

[ Translations

to read aloud

Finnish: lausua fi(fi)

Norwegian: uttale no(no)

to sound out a word

Arabic: لفظ (láfaʐa) Chinese: 发音 (fāyīn) Dutch: uitspreken nl(nl) Finnish: ääntää fi(fi), lausua fi(fi) French: prononcer fr(fr) German: aussprechen de(de) Hungarian: kiejt hu(hu), kimond hu(hu) Italian: pronunziare it(it)

Japanese: 発音する (はつおんする, hatsuon suru) Korean: 발음하다 (bareumhada) Norwegian: uttale no(no) Portuguese: pronunciar pt(pt) Russian: произносить (proiznosít’) Spanish: pronunciar es(es) Swedish: uttala sv(sv)

to officially declare

Finnish: julistaa fi(fi) Hungarian: kijelent hu(hu), kinyilatkoztat hu(hu), nyilvánít hu(hu)

Norwegian: erklære no(no)