British Received Pronunciation

Re·ceived Pronunciation (r

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A pronunciation of British English, originally based on the speech of the upper class of southeastern England and characteristic of the English spoken at the public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Until recently it was the standard form of English used in British broadcasting.

Received Pronunciation

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the accent of standard Southern British English Abbreviation RP

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Noun

Received Pronunciation - the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting

English, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

orthoepy, pronunciation - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"

Translations

received pronunciation

n → hochsprachliche Aussprache

Received Pronunciation n → pronuncia standard (dell'inglese)

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