mispronounce
verb/ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/
/ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/
Word Family
- pronounce verb
- pronunciation noun
- pronounceable adjective (≠ unpronounceable)
- mispronounce verb
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mispronounce | /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/ /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/ |
| he / she / it mispronounces | /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnsɪz/ /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnsɪz/ |
| past simple mispronounced | /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnst/ /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnst/ |
| past participle mispronounced | /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnst/ /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnst/ |
| -ing form mispronouncing | /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/ |
- mispronounce something to pronounce a word wrongly
- People are always mispronouncing my name.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMispronounce is used with these nouns as the object:- word
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