ORTHOEPY

orthoepy

(noun) a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the ‘correct’ pronunciation of words and its relation to ‘correct’ orthography

pronunciation, orthoepy

(noun) the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; “the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners”; “that is the correct pronunciation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

orthoepy (countable and uncountable, plural orthoepies)

synonym of phonology: the study of pronunciation. [1640]

(inexact) synonym of orthography: the study of the representation of pronunciation in writing.

Accepted or customary pronunciation. [1773]

Usage notes

• The rare ligated spelling orthœpy is unetymological. It occurs in some instances of 19th century US English, apparently to indicate the trisyllabic pronunciation prevalent in US English. The oe in orthoepy does not represent either of the etymological diphthongs ⟨oe⟩ (of Latin) or ⟨⟩ (oi — the omicron-iota of Ancient Greek), but rather the two separate vowels ⟨⟩ (oe, omicron-epsilon). To mark their separateness, the diæretic spelling orthoëpy is sometimes used.

Antonyms

• (pronunciation): cacoepy

Hypernyms

• linguistics, phonetics

Coordinate terms

• orthography

Anagrams

• orophyte

Source: Wiktionary


Or"tho*ë*py, n. Etym: [Gr. orthoépie. See Ortho-, and Epic.]

Definition: The art of uttering words corectly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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