different between pronunciation vs inflection
pronunciation
- See also Wiktionary:Pronunciation
English
Etymology
- From Middle English pronunciacioun, from Middle French prononciation, pronunciation, from Latin pr?n?nti?ti?, noun of action from perfect passive participle pr?n?nti?tus, from verb pr?n?nti?re (“proclaim”), from pr?- (“for”) + n?nti?re (“announce”). Doublet of pronuntiatio.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?-n?n'-s?-??-sh?n, IPA(key): [p????n?n.si?e?.??n]
- enPR: pr?-noun'-s?-??-sh?n IPA(key): /p???na?n.si?e?.??n/ (common but proscribed, corresponding to the misspelling pronounciation)
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: pro?nun?ci?a?tion
Noun
pronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural pronunciations)
- (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
- (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
- (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
- 1831, Thomas Oughton, James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)
- The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.
- 1831, Thomas Oughton, James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)
Antonyms
- mispronunciation
Hyponyms
- Received Pronunciation
- spelling pronunciation
Derived terms
Related terms
- pronounce
- mispronounce
Translations
See also
- orthoepy
- phoneme
- Wiktionary:Pronunciation
Further reading
- pronunciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pronuntsja?tsjon/
Noun
pronunciation (plural pronunciationes)
- pronunciation
- pronunciation proclamation, manifest
Synonyms
- (proclamation): pronunciamento
Middle French
Alternative forms
- prononciation
Noun
pronunciation f (plural pronunciations)
- oration; speech; talk (act of expressing something verbally)
- pronunciation; pronouncement (of a verdict)
- pronunciation
Descendants
- French: prononciation
- ? Middle English: pronunciacioun, pronunciacion
- English: pronunciation
- Scots: pronunciacione
pronunciation From the web:
- what pronunciation google
- what pronunciation in british english
- what pronunciation in hindi
- what pronunciation in korean
- what pronunciation in japanese
- what pronunciation in chinese
- what pronunciation means
- what pronunciation in british accent
inflection
- For inflection templates, see Wiktionary:Inflection templates.
English
Alternative forms
- inflexion
Etymology
From the English inflexion, from Middle French inflexion, from Latin inflexio, inflexionis (“a bending away from”); the spelling inflection is due to influence from correction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?fl?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
- Hyphenation: in?flec?tion
Noun
inflection (countable and uncountable, plural inflections)
- (grammar) A change in the form of a word to express different grammatical categories.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- (optometry) diffraction
Synonyms
- flection, flexion
Hyponyms
- (grammar): conjugation
- (grammar): declension, declination
Related terms
- inflect
- inflected
Translations
inflection From the web:
- what inflection means
- what infections cause high crp
- what infections does cefuroxime treat
- what infections cause positive ana
- what infections cause skin peeling
- what infections cause hives
- what infections can be found in stool
- what infections does amoxicillin treat
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- pronunciation vs inflection
- wriggle vs fidget
- proud vs snobbish
- championship vs authority
- demonstrative vs fond
- mass vs bump
- family vs derivation
- homespun vs demotic
- size vs time
- demolition vs dissolution
- passionate vs persevering
- august vs storied
- bashful vs proper
- breadth vs weight
- invention vs start
- imbrue vs drench
- tweak vs snag
- trusteeship vs preservation
- use vs principle
- strange vs cloudy