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# pronunciation

«pronunciation» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way a word is said out loud** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pronunciation, pronunciations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pronunciation is the way a word is said out loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#m1)

2) Pronunciation is also how well or how a person says words in a language, including their accent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and language lessons, dictionaries show pronunciation; French, Mandarin and Ukrainian lessons practise pronunciation. English spelling does not always match pronunciation (through, though, tough). People in the UK, USA and Australia have different pronunciations of the same words (tomato).

### examples

- What's the pronunciation of this word? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#x1)
- Her French pronunciation is really good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#x2)
- «Tomato» has two common pronunciations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#x3)
- The dictionary shows the pronunciation in brackets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#x4)
- We practised the pronunciation of new Mandarin tones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#x5)
- English spelling and pronunciation often don't match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#x6)
- No explanation could convey an adequate idea of the intonation and pronunciation which Uncle Remus brought to bear upon this wonderful word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/#x7)

### note

Famous trap: the verb is «pronounce» (with -ounce), but the noun is «pronunciation» (-nun-, no «o»). Do not write «pronounciation».

### In the corpora

- [Pinyin writes Chinese sounds with Latin letters and tone marks; it helps learners with pronunciation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/34-mandarin-compared-with-english/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pronunciation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronunciation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.