Reverse Dictionary: PRONOUNCE

ADJECTIVES
1554 INPRONUNCIABLE not to be pronounced or uttered → obs.
1589 SLIPPER easily pronounced or uttered → obs.
1603 GLIB of words: easy to pronounce → obs.
1637 EFFABLE of sounds, letters, etc.: that can be pronounced → obs.
1638 INEFFABLE that cannot be pronounced or uttered; unpronounceable → obs.
1638 MUTE of a letter: not pronounced, silent
1649 PRONUNCIABLE that can be pronounced
1668 SPIRITOUS of a sound or letter: pronounced with breathing or aspiration → obs.
1669 SPIRITAL of a sound or letter: pronounced with breathing or aspiration → obs.
1677 ORTHOEPIC relating to customary or accepted pronunciation
1713 PRONUNCIATORY relating to pronunciation
1735 ORTHOEPICAL relating to customary or accepted pronunciation
1745 CRANK awkward or difficult to pronounce, understand, or execute → obs. exc. Sc.
1759 BREAKTEETH difficult to articulate or pronounce; long, complicated
1801 INARTICULABLE that cannot be articulated or pronounced articulately
1823 UNMOUTHABLE incapable of being pronounced or spoken well
1827 CRACKJAW hard to pronounce → colloq.
1842 JAW-BREAKING hard to pronounce
1857 CACOËPISTIC pert. to erroneous or bad pronunciation
1872 NASALIZABLE capable of being pronounced nasally
1880 SYMPHONIC having the same sound; pronounced alike
1884 SPIRANT pronounced with an accompanying emission of breath
1898 ILL-TONGUED difficult to pronounce → Sc.


ADVERBS
1861 SIDDER-MOUTH with a clipping pronunciation → Eng. dial.


NOUNS
1387 SOUNDING vocal utterance or pronunciation
1525 PRELATION pronunciation, utterance
1586 ELISION the omission of a letter or syllable in pronunciation, usually running together the sounds on either side of it
1588 PROSODY the correct pronunciation of words
1640 ORTHOEPY a branch of linguistics dealing with pronunciation, phonology, etc.
1656 VOCULATION correct pronunciation → obs.
1658 SHIBBOLETH a word or sound which a person is unable to pronounce clearly
1705 BROGUE a strongly-marked dialectal pronunciation or accent
1743 RATTLE a strong pronunciation of the letter ‘r’, esp. with a uvular trill → Sc.
1750 ENUNCIATION the pronouncing or uttering of articulate sounds
1774 NASALITY a being nasal in pronunciation or articulation
1775 CACOLOGY bad speaking, bad choice of words; vicious pronunciation
1798 PHONOLOGY the science of speech sounds and pronunciation, esp. as they occur in a particular language
1801 ORTHOEPY customary or accepted pronunciation
1805 PASILALY a system or method of universal pronunciation; a spoken language for universal use
1826 BIRR force of pronunciation, energetic utterance
1838 HETEROEPY pronunciation differing from the standard
1839 JAW-BREAKER a word hard to pronounce; a word of many syllables → colloq.
1847 APHTHONG a letter which is not sounded in the pronunciation of a word
1849 BURR a rough or dialectal pronunciation, a peculiarity of utterance
1850 ASSIBILATION pronunciation with a sibilant or hissing sound
1859 NASILLATION nasal pronunciation → obs.
1864 LALLATION an imperfect pronunciation of ‘r’, by which the sound of that letter is confused with that of ‘l’
1864 LAMBDACISM a faulty pronunciation of the letter ‘r’, making it sound like ‘l’
1877 ORTHOGLOSSY customary or accepted pronunciation → obs.
1880 CACOËPY bad or erroneous pronunciation
2008 SHRUB a word in another language pronounced in a manner that is influenced by one’s mother tongue → Kenyan English, colloq.


NOUNS – PERSON
1552 — MAFFLER one who cannot well pronounce words in speaking → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1640 — ORTHOEPIST a person who studies the pronunciation of words


VERBS
1225 WARP to pronounce or utter a word, speech → obs.
1393 MISSPEAK to pronounce or utter incorrectly
1398 HURR to pronounce a trilled ‘r’ → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1400 MOUTH to pronounce, to speak → chiefly Sc.
1440 WHARL to pronounce the letter ‘r’ with a burr or guttural sound
1526 CLIP to pronounce imperfectly; to cut words short
1540 ELIDE to omit a vowel or syllable in pronunciation
1542 PROLATE to pronounce or utter, esp. at length or in a verbose manner
1548 REPORT to pronounce, to utter → obs.
1549 PRELATE to pronounce, to utter
1561 ARTICULATE to pronounce distinctly, to utter
1585 EAT UP to elide or slur over syllables in pronunciation → obs.
1589 ECLIPSE to omit sounds in pronunciation → obs.
1599 MISSOUND to mispronounce
1602 MOUTH to pronounce words with exaggerated clarity
1616 TONGUE to pronounce, to articulate → Eng. dial.
1638 SIBBOLETH to speak with a special pronunciation
1646 UNPRONOUNCE to pronounce incorrectly; to mispronounce → obs.
1647 TRAIN TRAIN OUT to pronounce a word, name, phrase slowly, to drawl → obs.
1697 ASPIRATE to pronounce with a breathing; to add an audible effect of the breath to any sound
1748 TWANG to pronounce or utter with a nasal or other twang
1763 ANNUNCIATE to pronounce or say something clearly
1767 ENUNCIATE to pronounce articulate sounds, to utter
1771 SINK to omit or shorten, a letter, syllable, etc. in pronunciation
1791 SWALLOW to pronounce indistinctly or fail to pronounce; to slur over
1820 COCKNEYFY to pronounce with a Cockney accent
1823 GUTTURALIZE to pronounce in a guttural manner
1829 ENOUNCE to pronounce words, etc., to utter
1832 GUTTURIZE to pronounce in a guttural manner
1846 ROLL ROLL OUT to pronounce a consonant (esp. an ‘r’) with a vibration of the tongue or vocal cords
1848 TRILL to pronounce a consonant (esp. an ‘r’) with a vibration of the tongue or vocal cords
1855 DROP ONE’S AITCHES to pronounce words beginning with ‘h’ without aspirating the initial letter
1864 DROP to omit a letter or syllable in pronunciation
1868 BURR to pronounce ‘r’ with a ‘burr’, or with a trill
1877 THROW THE WORDS to speak with an accent; to distort the pronunciation → Sc.
1887 OXYTONIZE to pronounce with the stress on the last syllable → obs.
1893 CROUP to pronounce a rough uvular ‘r’; to have the Northumberland ‘burr’
1904 PAROXYTONIZE to pronounce with the stress on the penultimate syllable (the second last syllable)
2006 SHRUB to pronounce words in another language in a manner that is influenced by one’s mother tongue → Kenyan English, colloq.