pronunciation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pro=nun=ci=a=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

pronunciation, n. [F. pronunciation, L. pronunciatio. See Pronounce.].

•  The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.  [1913 Webster]
•  The mode of uttering words or sentences.  [1913 Webster]
•  The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery.  J. Q. Adams.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pronunciation, n.
1 the way in which a word is pronounced, esp. with reference to a standard.
2 the act or an instance of pronouncing.
3 a person's way of pronouncing words etc.

Etymology

ME f. OF prononciation or L pronuntiatio (as PRONOUNCE)

ROGET THESAURUS

pronunciation

Voice

N voice, vocality, organ, lungs, bellows, good voice, fine voice, powerful voice, musical voice, intonation, tone of voice, vocalization, cry, strain, utterance, prolation, exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis, enunciation, articulation, articulate sound, distinctness, clearness, of articulation, stage whisper, delivery, accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent, pronunciation, homonym, orthoepy, cacoepy, euphony, gastriloquism, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, polyphonism, polyphonist, phonology, vocal, phonetic, oral, ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous, euphonious, how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman, the organ of the soul, thy voice is a celestial melody.