pronounce

• vt.宣告する；判決を下す；主張する
• vi.宣告する；判断する

pro-、forward、-nounce、pronounce、語源的にはannounce、nuncioと同じ。

pronounce

pronounce: [14] Latin nuntius meant ‘messenger’. From it was derived the verb nuntiāre ‘announce’, which has formed the basis of English announce [15], annunciation [14], denounce [13], pronounce, and renounce [14]. Pronounce itself goes back to Latin prōnuntiāre ‘proclaim’, formed with the prefix prō- ‘forth, out, in public’. Its specific application to the ‘way in which a person speaks’ emerged in English in the early 17th century.
=> announce, denounce, nuncio, renounce

pronounce (v.)

early 14c., "to declare officially;" late 14c., "to speak, utter," from Old French prononcier "declare, speak out, pronounce" (late 13c., Modern French prononcer), from Late Latin pronunciare, from Latin pronuntiare "to proclaim, announce; pronounce, utter," from pro- "forth, out, in public" (see pro-) + nuntiare "announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio). With reference to the mode of sounding words or languages, it is attested from 1620s (but see pronunciation in this sense from early 15c.). Related: Pronounced; pronouncing.

1. Men feel perfectly free to pronounce on the way women should look.

男は女性の美しさの基準に思いのままに意見を述べる。

2.Did I pronounce your name correctly？

あなたの名前は正しいですか？

3.The authorities took time to pronounce their verdicts.

当局は再三考慮して彼らの決定を発表した。

4.Very few people can pronounce my name correctly.

私の名前を正しく読む人は少ない。

5.He is best qualified to pronounce upon such a matter.

彼はこのようなことに意見を言う資格が最もある。