Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Do you know how to pronounce pronounce?
Is it pronunce? Or pronounce?
I'm confused... as always xD
13 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
yes
- JimLv 71 decade ago
Main Entry: pro·nounce
Pronunciation: \prə-ˈnau̇n(t)s\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): pro·nounced; pro·nounc·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pronuncier, from Latin pronuntiare, from pro- forth + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger — more at pro-
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to declare officially or ceremoniously <the minister pronounced them husband and wife>
2 : to declare authoritatively or as an opinion <doctors pronounced him fit to resume duties>
3 a : to employ the organs of speech to produce <pronounce these words>; especially : to say correctly <I can't pronounce his name> b : to represent in printed characters the spoken counterpart of (an orthographic representation) <both dictionaries pronounce clique the same>
4 : recite <speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you — Shakespeare>
intransitive verb
1 : to pass judgment
2 : to produce the components of spoken language
— pro·nounce·abil·i·ty \-ˌnau̇n(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— pro·nounce·able \-ˈnau̇n(t)-sə-bəl\ adjective
— pro·nounc·er noun
- ?Lv 45 years ago
Madelyn is just another spelling of Madeleine. All the Madeleines I've known have pronounced it Mad-uh-lyn
- How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
gee me thinks its pronounce