mispronounce
1. to pronounce a word or sound wrongly: 2. to pronounce a word or sound…
Meaning of
mispronounce
in English
mispronounce
verb
us
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ˌmɪs.prəˈnaʊns
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uk
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ˌmɪs.prəˈnaʊns
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French
learners
of
English
often mispronounce “ch”
as
“sh.”
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
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(Definition of
mispronounce
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus
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mispronounce
| Intermediate English
mispronounce
verb
us
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ˌmɪs·prəˈnɑʊns
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I always mispronounce his
name
.
(Definition of
mispronounce
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Examples
of
mispronounce
Friends who make an effort to employ delectable words in conversation, but might occasionally
mispronounce
or misuse them.
Slate Magazine
I may well have mispronounced what it was supposed to be.
CNN
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And we’d laugh ourselves dry — because not only did he become a thief, but he’d
mispronounce
the word.
The Atlantic
When scientists first started researching cryptophasic kids, they too were disappointed to discover that kids mostly just mispronounced words or made inside references.
Slate Magazine
Considering that most contestants over-enunciate each word when solving, it’s puzzling (pardon the pun) that she would blatantly
mispronounce
it.
CNN
You’ll encounter a similar code of icy silence from pizzeria countermen here if you
mispronounce
“parmigiana” while ordering a meatball hero.
New York Post
Soldiers lowered coffins into the long ditches, and an official with a bullhorn called out the names of the dead, apologizing when he mispronounced one.
CBS News
I mispronounced the name of your town, if you can correct me.
NPR
This one gained popularity when an announcer mispronounced his last name.
USA TODAY
He always mispronounced and misused words.
Gizmodo
Funny you talk about holding people accountable for small things and that they are ignorant for mispronouncing a word, yet you use the wrong form of “to” in your response.
CNN
This is important because the underlying representation of both mispronounced and correctly pronounced words is unclear.
Cambridge English Corpus
The child’s task was to judge the puppet’s pronunciation as “right” or “not right” and to help the puppet by saying mispronounced words the right way.
Cambridge English Corpus
In contrast, those exposed to greater accent variability through their parents’ speech performed similarly for both correctly pronounced and mispronounced words, showing greater tolerance for mispronunciations.
Cambridge English Corpus
In addition, even though learners do not always
mispronounce
sounds that are difficult, a system that can identify frequent errors could be very useful for learners and teachers.
Cambridge English Corpus
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