"enunciation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˌnʌn.sɪˈeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ɪˌnʌn.ʃɪˈeɪ.ʃən/ [UK, rare], /ɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-enunciation.wav Forms: enunciations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin ēnuntiātiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ēnuntiātiō}} Latin ēnuntiātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} enunciation (countable and uncountable, plural enunciations)
  1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Translations (act of enunciating): enunciació [feminine] (Catalan), ilmoittaminen (Finnish), énonciation [feminine] (French), Erklärung [feminine] (German), enunciazione [feminine] (Italian), enunciação [feminine] (Portuguese), enunciación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-enunciation-en-noun-fC82l0iz Disambiguation of Talking: 38 47 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 32 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 31 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 33 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 33 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 34 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 34 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 30 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 51 30 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 31 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 31 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 47 30 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 36 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 31 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 30 16 Disambiguation of 'act of enunciating': 80 12 8
  2. The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Translations (mode of pronunciation): 吐字 (tǔzì) (Chinese Mandarin), lausuminen (Finnish), lausunta (Finnish), (deutliche) Aussprache [feminine] (German), Artikulation [feminine] (German), Ausdrucksweise [feminine] (German), 発声 (hassei) (alt: はっせい) (Japanese), провозглаше́ние (provozglašénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-enunciation-en-noun-69d2SEAQ Disambiguation of Talking: 38 47 15 Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 36 20 Disambiguation of 'mode of pronunciation': 7 88 5
  3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: announcement, statement Translations (that which is announced): ilmoitus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-enunciation-en-noun-SkVTjQzo Disambiguation of Talking: 38 47 15 Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 36 20 Disambiguation of 'that which is announced': 31 5 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: misenunciation, nonenunciation, overenunciation Related terms: diction

Inflected forms

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