pronouncing

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pronounce /prəˈnaʊns/

▶verb

• 1 make the sound of (a word or part of a word).

• 2 declare or announce.

  ■ (pronounce on) pass judgement or make a decision on.

– derivatives
pronounceability noun,
pronounceable adjective,
pronouncer noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. pronuncier, from L. pronuntiare, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + nuntiare ‘announce’ (from nuntius ‘messenger’).