mispronounce

C2+ Topic:Communication
US /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/ UK /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to pronounce a word incorrectly

    Tourists often mispronounce the names of the local villages.

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1 verb · to pronounce a word... misspeakmisarticulategarble
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Etymology

From mis- ('wrongly') + pronounce, from Old French pronuncier, from Latin pronuntiare ('to proclaim'), from pro- ('forth') + nuntiare ('to announce').

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