pronounce

1. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way (synset 200980581)
   "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
   entail: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech
   subtypes:

   • twang - pronounce with a nasal twang
   • devoice - utter with tense vocal chords
   • raise - pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
   • lilt - articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
   • palatalise, palatalize - pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
   • nasalise, nasalize - pronounce with a lowered velum
   • nasalise, nasalize - speak nasally or through the nose
   • mispronounce, misspeak - pronounce a word incorrectly
   • aspirate - pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
   • sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice - utter with vibrating vocal chords
   • retroflex - articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
   • subvocalise, subvocalize - articulate without making audible sounds
   • syllabise, syllabize - utter with distinct articulation of each syllable
   • drawl - lengthen and slow down or draw out
   • labialise, labialize, round - pronounce with rounded lips
   • lisp - speak with a lisp
   • accent, accentuate, stress - put stress on; utter with an accent
   • vocalise, vocalize, vowelise, vowelize - pronounce as a vowel
   • click - produce a click
   • trill - pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
   • sibilate - pronounce with an initial sibilant
   • flap - pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
   • explode - cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
   • roll - pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
   same as: articulate, enounce, enunciate, say, sound out
2. Pronounce judgment on (synset 200973682)
   "They labeled him unfit to work here"
   is a type of: adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be
   subtypes:

   • acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
   • convict - find or declare guilty
   • tout - advertize in strongly positive terms
   • find, rule - decide on and make a declaration about
   • qualify - pronounce fit or able
   • disqualify - declare unfit
   • intonate, intone - speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
   same as: judge, label

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