different between pronunciation vs labialization

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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)

1. (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
2. (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

3. (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.

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)

1. pronunciation
2. pronunciation proclamation, manifest

Synonyms

• (proclamation): pronunciamento

Middle French

Alternative forms

• prononciation

Noun

pronunciation f (plural pronunciations)

1. oration; speech; talk (act of expressing something verbally)
2. pronunciation; pronouncement (of a verdict)
3. pronunciation

Descendants

• French: prononciation
• ? Middle English: pronunciacioun, pronunciacion
  • English: pronunciation
  • Scots: pronunciacione

English

Alternative forms

• labialisation

Etymology

labialize +? -ation or labial +? -ization

Noun

labialization (countable and uncountable, plural labializations)

1. (phonology) A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.

Translations

See also

• labialisation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• roundedness
• delabialization