mispronunciation

mispronunciation
Synonyms and related words:
Irish bull, anacoluthon, bull, cacoepy, cacology, catachresis, corruption, fluff, folk etymology, gammacism, grammatical error, hypercorrection, hyperform, lambdacism, malaprop, malapropism, marrowsky, missaying, misspeaking, misusage, mytacism, paralambdacism, pararhotacism, rhotacism, solecism, spoonerism

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Mispronunciation — is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as incorrect or inaccurate pronunciation . The matter of what is or is not mispronunciation is a contentious one, and indeed there is some disagreement about the extent to which the term is even… …   Wikipedia

  • Mispronunciation — Mis pro*nun ci*a tion (? or ?), n. Wrong or improper pronunciation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mispronunciation — index misusage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • mispronunciation — (n.) 1520s; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + PRONUNCIATION (Cf. pronunciation) …   Etymology dictionary

  • mispronunciation — noun a) The act of mispronouncing. She found the constant mispronunciation of her name very annoying. b) A mispronounced word or phrase. His speech was full of mispronunciations …   Wiktionary

  • mispronunciation — mispronounce ► VERB ▪ pronounce wrongly. DERIVATIVES mispronunciation noun …   English terms dictionary

  • mispronunciation — noun Date: 1530 the act or an instance of mispronouncing …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mispronunciation — See mispronounce. * * * …   Universalium

  • mispronunciation — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misaccentuation, cacology, cacoepy; see error 1 , mistake 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • mispronunciation — mɪsprÉ™nÊŒnsɪ eɪʃn n. error in pronunciation, misspeaking, incorrect pronunciation, bad pronunciation …   English contemporary dictionary

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