Translation
to pronounce
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Word origin
From Latin pronuntiare, 'to proclaim', from pro- 'forth' plus nuntiare 'to announce', from nuntius 'a messenger'. It reached Esperanto through French prononcer, which is also where the doubled n of the spelling comes from.
- Origin
- Latin, via French
- Root
- pronuntiare
- English cognates
- pronounce, announce, nuncio
Examples
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How do you pronounce this word?
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In Esperanto you pronounce every letter.
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He could not pronounce my name.
The verb a beginner needs least, in the language that needs it least. Esperanto's spelling is fully phonemic: one letter, one sound, always, with no silent letters and no digraphs. The stress is on the second-to-last syllable of every word without exception, so is pro-NON-tsas. Once you know the alphabet there is nothing left to ask, which is why is a question you can stop asking after the first week - a fair claim to make about no other language on this site.
Two spelling notes on the word itself. The c is ts, not s or k: pron-ON-tso. And the noun is , the pronunciation, while is the commoner everyday alternative to the verb. Where speakers differ is not in which sounds a letter makes but in habit: a French Esperantist and a Korean one will still sound different, and the movement's long-standing rule of thumb is to aim at being understood by everyone rather than at any national model.
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Word family
Words built on prononci with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- misprononciverb
to mispronounce
mis-prononci: to pronounce wrongly
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prononci: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 12: prononci, sekigi, ies and 7 more words.