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enunciate en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin ēnuntiātus, past participle of ēnuntiō (“to report, declare”), from ē- + nūntiō (“to report”). Doublet of enounce.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.
  2. To announce, proclaim.
    • the terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel 1829, Reverend James Marsh, Preface to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection (originally published 1825)
  3. (transitive) To articulate, pronounce.
    • You must enunciate all the syllables.
  4. (intransitive) To make sounds clearly.
    • Enunciate when you speak.

Forms

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enunciates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
enunciating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enunciated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enunciated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

overenunciate · misenunciate

Relateds

enunciation · enunciator · enunciable

Translations (30)

de artikulieren (to articulate, pronounce) · tr beyan etmek (to articulate, pronounce) · bg произнасям (to articulate, pronounce) · el προφέρω (to articulate, pronounce) · fi ääntää (to articulate, pronounce) · bg изговарям (to articulate, pronounce) · mk изго́вори (to articulate, pronounce) · ru проговаривать (to articulate, pronounce) · tr ilan etmek (to articulate, pronounce) · pl wymawiać (to articulate, pronounce) · tr bildirmek (to articulate, pronounce) · fi lausua (to articulate, pronounce) · pl wypowiedzieć (to articulate, pronounce) · nl articuleren (to articulate, pronounce) · ru чеканить (to articulate, pronounce) · de verkünden (to articulate, pronounce) · cs vyslovovat (to articulate, pronounce) · pl wypowiadać (to articulate, pronounce) · ga fuaimnigh (to articulate, pronounce) · sv uttala (to articulate, pronounce) · ca enunciar (to articulate, pronounce) · es enunciar (to articulate, pronounce) · de aussprechen (to articulate, pronounce) · pl wymówić (to articulate, pronounce) · ru отчеканить (to articulate, pronounce) · cs artikulovat (to articulate, pronounce) · ru отчётливо произноси́ть (to articulate, pronounce) · ru провозгласить (to articulate, pronounce) · es letrear (to articulate, pronounce) · el διατυπώνω (to articulate, pronounce)