n. [ F. pronunciation, L. pronunciatio. See Pronounce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The mode of uttering words or sentences. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Rhet.) The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery. J. Q. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]
[てん, ten](n) (1) altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning; (2) (abbr) (See 転句・てんく) turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)#6497[Add to Longdo]
[おんぷ, onpu](n) (1) (See お玉杓子) musical note; note symbol; (2) phonetic symbol (inc. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); (3) (See 意符) part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning); (P)#14351[Add to Longdo]
[ひっぱる, hipparu](v5r, vt) (1) to pull; to draw; to pull tight; (2) to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch; (3) to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); (4) to drag; to haul; to tow; (5) to lead (e.g. one's followers); (6) to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police); (7) to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join; (8) to delay; to prolong; (9) to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word); (10) to quote; to cite; to reference; (11) to pull the ball (i.e. pull hitting in baseball); (12) to wear; to put on; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[かいこうおん, kaikouon](n) (1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds[Add to Longdo]