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mis·pro·nounce

(mĭs′prə-nouns′)

v. mis·pro·nounced, mis·pro·nounc·ing, mis·pro·nounc·es

v.tr.

To pronounce badly or incorrectly.

v.intr.

To make a poor pronunciation.

mis′pro·nun′ci·a′tion (-nŭn′sē-ā′shən) n.

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mispronounce

(ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns)

to pronounce (a word) wrongly

mispronunciation n

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mis•pro•nounce

(ˌmɪs prəˈnaʊns)

v.t., v.i. -nounced, -nounc•ing.

to pronounce incorrectly.

mis`pro•nun`ci•a′tion (-ˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən) n.

mispronounce

Past participle: mispronounced
Gerund: mispronouncing

Imperative
mispronounce
mispronounce

Present
I mispronounce
you mispronounce
he/she/it mispronounces
we mispronounce
you mispronounce
they mispronounce

Preterite
I mispronounced
you mispronounced
he/she/it mispronounced
we mispronounced
you mispronounced
they mispronounced

Present Continuous
I am mispronouncing
you are mispronouncing
he/she/it is mispronouncing
we are mispronouncing
you are mispronouncing
they are mispronouncing

Present Perfect
I have mispronounced
you have mispronounced
he/she/it has mispronounced
we have mispronounced
you have mispronounced
they have mispronounced

Past Continuous
I was mispronouncing
you were mispronouncing
he/she/it was mispronouncing
we were mispronouncing
you were mispronouncing
they were mispronouncing

Past Perfect
I had mispronounced
you had mispronounced
he/she/it had mispronounced
we had mispronounced
you had mispronounced
they had mispronounced

Future
I will mispronounce
you will mispronounce
he/she/it will mispronounce
we will mispronounce
you will mispronounce
they will mispronounce

Future Perfect
I will have mispronounced
you will have mispronounced
he/she/it will have mispronounced
we will have mispronounced
you will have mispronounced
they will have mispronounced

Future Continuous
I will be mispronouncing
you will be mispronouncing
he/she/it will be mispronouncing
we will be mispronouncing
you will be mispronouncing
they will be mispronouncing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mispronouncing
you have been mispronouncing
he/she/it has been mispronouncing
we have been mispronouncing
you have been mispronouncing
they have been mispronouncing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mispronouncing
you will have been mispronouncing
he/she/it will have been mispronouncing
we will have been mispronouncing
you will have been mispronouncing
they will have been mispronouncing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mispronouncing
you had been mispronouncing
he/she/it had been mispronouncing
we had been mispronouncing
you had been mispronouncing
they had been mispronouncing

Conditional
I would mispronounce
you would mispronounce
he/she/it would mispronounce
we would mispronounce
you would mispronounce
they would mispronounce

Past Conditional
I would have mispronounced
you would have mispronounced
he/she/it would have mispronounced
we would have mispronounced
you would have mispronounced
they would have mispronounced

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Verb

mispronounce - pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words"

misspeak

enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

Translations

يُخْطِئ في اللفْظ

špatně vyslovovat

falsch aussprechen versprechen

rosszul ejt ki

bera rangt fram

pronuncia scorretta pronunciare male

neteisingai ištartineteisingai tartineteisingas tarimas

nepareizi izrunāt

uttale feil

zle vyslovovať

napačno izgovarjati

yanlış telâffuz etmek

发错音

mispronounce

[ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns] VT → pronunciar mal

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mispronounce

[ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns] vt → mal prononcer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mispronounce

vt → falsch aussprechen

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mispronounce

[ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns] vt → pronunciare male

mispronounce

(misprəˈnauns) verb

to pronounce (words etc) wrongly.

ˈmisproˌnunciˈation (-nansi-) noun

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