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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

enunciare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-nun-cha-re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Enunciate/ɪˈnʌn.si.eɪt/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'attore deve enunciare ogni battuta con precisione."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To pronounce words or sounds clearly and distinctly.

    "The actor practiced daily to ensure he could enunciate every line with absolute clarity."
  2. 2

    To express or state a proposition, theory, or plan clearly and definitely.

    "The philosopher sought to enunciate a comprehensive theory of justice."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'enuntiare', meaning 'to speak out, disclose, or declare', formed by the prefix 'ex-' (out) and 'nuntiare' (to announce). Entering the English language in the 16th century, the word initially carried the sense of proclaiming or publicly stating before shifting toward the physical articulation of speech sounds.

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