pronounce

1. 1.

   speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

   “She pronounces French words in a funny way”

   “I cannot say `zip wire'”

   “Can the child sound out this complicated word?”

   Synonymsarticulateenouncesound outenunciatesay

   Narrowertwangdevoiceraiseliltpalatalizenasalizemispronounceaspiratevoiceretroflex
2. 2.

   pronounce judgment on

   “They labeled him unfit to work here”

   Synonymslabeljudge

   Broaderdeclare

   Narroweracquitconvicttoutrulequalifydisqualifyintonate

Other forms of pronounce

past tense

pronounced·

present participle

pronouncing·

third person

pronounces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pronounce

What does pronounce mean?

pronounce means "speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pronounce?

pronounce has 2 syllables: pro-nounce. The stress falls on "nounce". In IPA it is /pɹəˈnaʊns/.

What is another word for pronounce?

Close synonyms include articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pronounce a common word?

pronounce is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pronounce?

4 words rhyme with pronounce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.