prəˌnən(t)sēˈāshən, chiefly in substand speech -nau̇n(t)s- or -nənchēˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English pronunciacion, from Middle French prononciation, from Latin pronuntiation-, pronuntiatio, from pronuntiatus (past participle of pronuntiare to pronounce) + -ion- -io -ion — more at pronounce
1.
a. : the act or manner of pronouncing something : articulate utterance
changes in the pronunciation of English
b. : the way or ways in which a unit of language is usually spoken or on the basis of analogy probably would be spoken by persons qualified by education or otherwise to be speakers worthy of imitation
2. obsolete : declaration , pronouncement
3. obsolete : elocution , delivery