mispronunciation
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- noun
- /ˌmɪsprəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/
:
mala pronunciación
- mispronunciations and omissions
- mispronunciation and substitution
- mispronunciations and insertions
Examples
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Sorry for the mispronunciations, but please stand so we can thank you for your efforts.
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Sorry for the mispronunciation.
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"While shaving the next day, I laughed briefly, remembering my friend's mispronunciation of King Kong."
Academic text (2010) -
They went together on the bus, laughing like children at their mispronunciations and at the stories Signora told them.
Fiction book (1997) -
I rarely have the impulse to correct someone's mistake, misspelling, mispronunciation, or misuse.
Academic text (2015) -
Her frequent mispronunciation of the word 'quokka' made her friends giggle.
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The teacher gently corrected his mispronunciation of the difficult word during the lesson.
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Many people struggle with mispronunciation when learning a new language.
Synonyms
Saying speech sounds the wrong way, often in children
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
mispronunciation = pronunciation (transparent) = mis + pronunciation
A straightforward prefixation of 'mis-' (wrongly) to 'pronunciation', so learners who know both parts can derive the meaning.
Etymology
The word mispronunciation comes from mis- meaning 'wrong' and pronounce meaning 'to say a word', the same root you see in announce. So a mispronunciation is simply a 'wrong way to say' a word.