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enunciator

enunciator

7.4
A device or person that announces alerts and public messages
  • noun
  • /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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
41 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
7.4
announcer
725 2.6
speaker
478 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.