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pronounceability en · NOUN

Etymology

From pronounceable + -ity or pronounce + -ability.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being pronounceable.
    • The most important rule is unwritten but not unspoken. It is the rule of pronounceability. Sure, xzyqt looks grand, but how do you say it? 2002 August 25, Erin McKean, “THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 8-25-02: ON LANGUAGE; Neologist”, in The New York Times:

Synonyms

pronounceableness (quality of being pronounceable)

Translations (2)

cmn 可讀音性 /可读音性 (quality of being pronounceable) · pl wymawialność (quality of being pronounceable)