pronunciation

noun

1. (countable)The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

   “What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?”

   “☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]”

   “In spite of the vague evidence, I think that we may conclude that ME ǭ, like ME ę̄, had two pronunciations during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a more advanced pronunciation with close [oː], and a more conservative one with the ‘intermediate vowel’ [ɔː] […]”

2. (uncountable)The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

   “His Italian pronunciation is terrible.”

   “He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.”

3. (countable)The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.

   “The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.”