pronounce

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
2. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
3. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
4. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
5. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
6. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
7. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
8. (transitive) To read aloud.
9. (transitive) To emphasize, highlight.

Noun

Eggcorn of pronouns.

Synonyms

articulate

declare

utter

say

🗣️

enunciate

tell

proclaim

speak

🗣️

announce

state

sound

🔉

vocalize

voice

adjudge

express

aver

affirm

enounce

judge

🧑‍⚖️

mention

pass

talk

🗣️

vocalise

sound out

label

🏷️

sentence

swear

adjudicate

vote

enuciate

express oneself

form

hand down

herald

intonate

intone

phonate

listen

maintain

assert strongly

mouth

narrate

negotiate

elocute

pierce

posit

post

postulate

predicate

avow

Translations

prononcer

pronunciar

aussprechen

pronunciare

uitspreken

pronunciar

προφέρω

pronunciar

articular

declarar

pronunziare

verklaren

verkünden

déclarer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəˈnaʊns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pronouncen

In summary

Recorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiō, itself from prō- (“forth, out, in public”) + nūntiō (“I announce”) from nūntius (“messenger”).