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self-pronouncing

[ self-pruh-noun-sing ]

adjective

  1. having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols:

    a self-pronouncing dictionary.



self-pronouncing

adjective

  1. (in a phonetic transcription) of, relating to, or denoting a word that, except for additional diacritic marks of stress, may keep the letters of its ordinary orthography to represent its pronunciation


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