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enunciator

enunciator

1 7.4
A device or person that announces alerts and public messages
  • noun
  • /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪtər/
  • Specialized
: anunciador
  • She stopped in front of a radio enunciator on a four-foot-tall stand, letting her hands touch the shiny steel rod while a small, baldheaded man adjusted the height to the level of her mouth.

Examples

  • The new building features an enunciator that provides important announcements to all visitors.

  • In case of an emergency, the enunciator will alert everyone with a loud siren and a clear voice message.

  • Warning and enunciator lights.

  • If someone instead passed me the children problem, I would say 1/3 because this problem implicitly tells me to consider only what the enunciator tells me.

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  • - Enunciator.

  • During the fire drill, the enunciator broadcast safety instructions over the loudspeaker.

Synonyms

announcer
vsenunciator
2 3.4

An automated voice or system that makes public announcements in places like stations and apps

is broader, covering people or devices that communicate alarms not just by voice
notifier
vsenunciator
1 3.9

A person, device, or app that tells people about something important

is used especially for alarms or public systems rather than general notices
annunciator
vsenunciator
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A device that shows which electrical circuit is on in a control panel

is more general, used for alarms and public systems beyond circuitry indicators

Antonyms

1 7.5

A person who speaks quietly so others cannot understand them

How Clear

enunciator
  • Specialized
1 7.4
announcer
669 2.6
speaker
322 2.1
mumbler
1 7.5

Surface Forms

enunciator singular
enunciators plural

Morphology

enunciator = enunciate (transparent) = enunciate + or

Agent noun formed from the verb 'enunciate' by the productive suffix '-or', meaning 'one or something that enunciates'.

Etymology

Enunciator comes from a Latin root meaning 'to announce' and is the same root behind announce and pronounce. So an enunciator is someone or something that 'sends out' a clear message, like an alarm or a public warning.