Pronounce

//pɹəˈnaʊns//

Synonyms for "pronounce" (137 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (28)

Verb(1 words)
articulate

Strong matches (41)

Verb(2 words)
enounceenunciate

Related words (68)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

12 entries

entails

1 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

10 entries

Translations

169 translations across 69 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • shqiptoj verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Arabic

2 entries
  • لَفَظَ verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • نَطَقَ verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Armenian

1 entries
  • արտասանել verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • tələffüz etmək verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • вы́мавіць verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • вымаўля́ць verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উচ্চারণ করা verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заявя́вам verb (to declare officially)
  • заявя́вам verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
  • обявя́вам verb (to declare officially)
  • произна́сям verb (to pass judgment)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပြောဆိုသည် verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • вы́словити verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 宣告 verb (to declare officially)
  • 宣稱 /宣称 verb (to declare officially)
  • 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Czech

4 entries
  • prohlašovat verb (to declare officially)
  • prohlásit verb (to declare officially)
  • prohlásit verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
  • vyhlásit verb (to read aloud)

Danish

3 entries
  • erklære verb (to declare officially)
  • erklære verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
  • udtale verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Dari

1 entries
  • تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Dutch

4 entries
  • uitspreken verb (to declare officially)
  • uitspreken verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • uitspreken verb (to read aloud)
  • verklaren verb (to declare officially)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • deklari verb (to declare officially)
  • eldiri verb (to declare officially)
  • elparoli verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • prononci verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Estonian

1 entries
  • hääldama verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Finnish

4 entries
  • julistaa verb (to declare officially)
  • julistaa verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
  • lausua verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • lausua verb (to produce the components of speech)

French

4 entries
  • déclamer verb (to read aloud)
  • déclarer verb (to declare officially)
  • lire verb (to read aloud)
  • prononcer verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Galician

2 entries
  • declarar verb (to declare officially)
  • pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

German

4 entries
  • aussprechen verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • aussprechen verb (to produce the components of speech)
  • pronunzieren verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • verkünden verb (to declare officially)

Greek

3 entries
  • αρθρώνω verb (to produce the components of speech)
  • ονομάζω verb (to declare officially)
  • προφέρω verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ביטא \ בִּטֵּא verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Hindi

2 entries
  • उच्चारण करना verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • सुनाना verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ejt verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • felolvas verb (to read aloud)
  • kiejt verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • kijelent verb (to declare officially)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bera fram verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Ido

1 entries
  • pronuncar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • تَلَفُّظ کَرْدَن verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Irish

2 entries
  • fuaimnigh verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • fuaimnigh verb (to produce the components of speech)

Italian

4 entries
  • dichiarare verb (to declare officially)
  • emettere verb (to pass judgment)
  • pronunciare verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • pronunziare verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 発音する verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • айту verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • сөйлеу verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ហុច verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • ហុច verb (to produce the components of speech)
  • អាន verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Korean

1 entries
  • 발음하다 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • айтуу verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Lao

1 entries
  • ອອກສຽງ verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Latvian

1 entries
  • izrunāt verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • ištarti verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • изговара verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • изговори verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • пресудува verb (to pass judgment)
  • прогласува verb (to declare officially)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • дуудах verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • хэлэх verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • erklære verb (to declare officially)
  • uttale verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • uttale verb (to read aloud)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • uttala verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Polish

4 entries
  • oznajmiać verb (to declare officially)
  • oznajmić verb (to declare officially)
  • wymawiać verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • wymówić verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • declarar verb (to declare officially)
  • pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Romanian

1 entries
  • pronunța verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Russian

4 entries
  • объяви́ть verb (to declare officially)
  • объяви́ть verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
  • объяви́ть verb (to pass judgment)
  • объявля́ть verb (to declare officially)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • fuaimnich verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • fuaimnich verb (to produce the components of speech)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • izgovárati verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • izgovòriti verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • изгова́рати verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • изгово̀рити verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Slovak

2 entries
  • vysloviť verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • vyslovovať verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Slovene

4 entries
  • izgovarjati verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • izgovoriti verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • razglasiti verb (to declare officially)
  • razglasiti verb (to pass judgment)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pronunciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förklara verb (to declare officially)
  • förklara verb (to declare authoritatively or as formal opinion)
  • utfärda verb (to pass judgment)
  • uttala verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Tajik

2 entries
  • талаффуз кардан verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • талаффус кардан verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Thai

1 entries
  • ออกเสียง verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Turkish

1 entries
  • telâffuz etmek verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ви́мовити verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • вимовля́ти verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Urdu

1 entries
  • تَلَفُّظ کَرْنا verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تەلپپۇز قىلماق verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • talaffuz qilmoq verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Venetan

2 entries
  • parnonciar verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • parnonciar verb (to produce the components of speech)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phát âm verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Walloon

1 entries
  • prononcî verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 發音 /发音 verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַרויסרעדן verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)

Zulu

2 entries
  • phimisa verb (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate)
  • phimisa verb (to produce the components of speech)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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How do you pronounce "pronounce"?

Source: tatoeba (2078)

I pronounce this a perfect dinner.

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It is difficult for me to pronounce the word.

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I'm not sure how to pronounce the word.

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