"mispronounce" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mispronounces [present, singular, third-person], mispronouncing [participle, present], mispronounced [participle, past], mispronounced [past]
Etymology: From mis- + pronounce. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|pronounce}} mis- + pronounce Head templates: {{en-verb}} mispronounce (third-person singular simple present mispronounces, present participle mispronouncing, simple past and past participle mispronounced)
  1. (transitive) To pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly. Tags: transitive Translations (to pronounce incorrectly): mal prononcer (French), écorcher (French), pronunciar mal (Galician), falsch aussprechen (German), mispronuncar (Ido), mascavar (Portuguese), pronunța greșit (Romanian), pronunciar mal (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "To pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly."
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        "(transitive) To pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly."
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
          "word": "mal prononcer"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
          "word": "écorcher"
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
          "word": "pronunciar mal"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
          "word": "falsch aussprechen"
        },
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          "word": "mispronuncar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
          "word": "mascavar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
          "word": "pronunța greșit"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
          "word": "pronunciar mal"
        }
      ]
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        "(transitive) To pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly."
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      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "mal prononcer"
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "écorcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "pronunciar mal"
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      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "falsch aussprechen"
    },
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      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "mispronuncar"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "mascavar"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "pronunța greșit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pronounce incorrectly",
      "word": "pronunciar mal"
    }
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