PRONOUNCE, PRONOUNCED, PRONUNCIATION
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.