different between pronunciation vs respell

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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

Etymology

1806, re- +? spell.

Verb

respell (third-person singular simple present respells, present participle respelling, simple past and past participle respelled or respelt)

1. (transitive) To spell again.
   • 1864, Henry Barnard ed., The American Journal of Education, v 14, Hartford: H. Barnard, p 293:

     A child is learning to spell, but no special pains are taken to make him respell, and respell, until spelled aright, every misspelled word.

   1. Spell differently, especially according to pronunciation, or by a phonetic system.
   • 1860, Joseph Emerson Worcester, A comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Boston: Swan, Brewer, and Tileston, p 19:

     It may be hardly necessary to respell most of the words of this class in order to give their pronunciation, as, in their common orthography, they are naturally pronounced correctly, with the appropriate sound of the g.

Derived terms

• respelled
• respelling
• respelt

Anagrams

• Pellers, Serpell, Speller, presell, speller