pronouncing
発音する
解説 Definition
pronouncing は pronounce（発音する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。単語や名前などを声に出して、特定の音で言うことを表します。
Pronouncing is the present participle and gerund of pronounce. It refers to producing a word, name, or sequence of sounds aloud in a particular way, especially with attention to how its individual sounds are spoken.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pronounce「発音する」に -ing を付ける際、語末の黙字 e を落として pronouncing となります。発音は /prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/ で、名詞 pronunciation ではつづりと母音が変わる点に注意。pronouncing each word slowly のように、単語や名前を実際の音として口に出す場面で覚えましょう。
Start with pronounce and form pronouncing by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. Its pronunciation follows the verb, with the stressed vowel /aʊ/: /prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/. Picture a learner saying each difficult name slowly while a teacher listens and corrects the sounds. That separates pronouncing from spelling, which concerns written letters. Also compare the related noun pronunciation: it loses the second o in spelling and uses a different stressed vowel. Common patterns such as “pronouncing a word,” “pronouncing a name correctly,” and “practice pronouncing the phrase” reinforce its exact use.
例文
She is pronouncing each word slowly.
彼女は一つ一つの単語をゆっくり発音しています。
The teacher helped us with pronouncing difficult names.
先生は難しい名前の発音を手伝ってくれました。
He practiced pronouncing the phrase until it sounded natural.
彼はその句が自然に聞こえるまで発音の練習をしました。
pronouncing の類義語・関連語
pronouncing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語のpro-（公に）とnuntiare（伝える）を語源とし、古フランス語を経て英語に入りました。「言葉を大衆に向かって明確に届ける」のが原義で、ここから音を正しく出す「発音する」という意味が自然に派生しました。同語根の関連語にannounce（発表する）があります。
Pronouncing is formed from pronounce plus -ing, with the final silent e removed. Pronounce entered English through French from Latin pronuntiare, built from pro-, conveying the sense of “forth” or “publicly,” and nuntiare, “to announce or report.” The earlier sense involved declaring something openly; from speaking a declaration aloud, the verb developed its familiar meaning of producing the sounds of a word or name.
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