enounce
Verb
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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?"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/
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