noun
Meaning 1
The study of pronunciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
orthoepy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θəʊˌiː.pi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θəʊˌɛ.pi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θəʊ.ɨ.pi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːˈθəʊ.ɨ.pi/
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US: /ˈɔɹ.θoʊˌɛ.pi/
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US: /ɔɹˈθoʊ.ə.pi/
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noun
Meaning 2
Accepted or customary pronunciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cacoepy
noun
Meaning 3
a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: phonology, phonemics
noun
Meaning 4
the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners
- that is the correct pronunciation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pronunciation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
Narrower terms: Received Pronunciation
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀρθοέπεια (orthoépeia), possibly via Latin orthoepia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -ία (-ía, “-y”).
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: drejtshqiptim — study of pronunciation
- Armenian: ուղղախոսություն (uġġaxosutʻyun) — study of pronunciation
- Belarusian: арфаэ́пія (arfaépija) — study of pronunciation
- Belarusian: артаэ́пія (artaépija) — study of pronunciation
- Bulgarian: правого́вор (pravogóvor) — study of pronunciation
- Bulgarian: ортое́пия (ortoépija) — study of pronunciation
- Catalan: ortologia — study of pronunciation
- Chinese Mandarin: 正音學 /正音学 (zhèngyīnxué) — study of pronunciation
- Chuvash: орфоэпи (orfoep̬i) — study of pronunciation
- Czech: ortoepie — study of pronunciation
- Danish: ortoepi — study of pronunciation
- Finnish: ortoepia — study of pronunciation
- French: orthoépie — study of pronunciation
- Georgian: ორთოეპია (ortoeṗia) — study of pronunciation
- German: Orthoepie — study of pronunciation
- German: Rechtlautung — study of pronunciation
- Interlingua: orthoepia — study of pronunciation
- Italian: ortoepia — study of pronunciation
- Japanese: 正音学 (seiongaku) — study of pronunciation
- Kazakh: орфоэпия (orfoépiä) — study of pronunciation
- Korean: 정음학 (jeong'eumhak) — study of pronunciation
- Latvian: ortoēpija — study of pronunciation
- Macedonian: правого́вор (pravogóvor) — study of pronunciation
- Macedonian: ортоепија (ortoepija) — study of pronunciation
- Polish: ortoepia — study of pronunciation
- Portuguese: ortoepia — study of pronunciation
- Portuguese: ortoépia — study of pronunciation
- Romanian: ortoepie — study of pronunciation
- Russian: орфоэ́пия (orfoépija) — study of pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian: правого̀во̄р — study of pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian: ортоѐпија — study of pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian: pravogòvōr — study of pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian: ortoèpija — study of pronunciation
- Slovak: ortoepia — study of pronunciation
- Spanish: ortoepía — study of pronunciation
- Swedish: ortoepi — study of pronunciation
- Tatar: орфоэпия (orfoʹpiyä) — study of pronunciation
- Ukrainian: орфое́пія (orfoépija) — study of pronunciation
- Ukrainian: ортое́пія (ortoépija) — study of pronunciation
- Uzbek: orfoepiya — study of pronunciation
- Uzbek: орфоэпия (orfoepiya) — study of pronunciation
- Veps: orfoepii — study of pronunciation
- Yakut: орфоэпия (orfoepiya) — study of pronunciation
- Armenian: ուղղախոսություն (uġġaxosutʻyun) — customary pronunciation
- Catalan: ortoèpia — customary pronunciation
- Finnish: oikea ääntäminen — customary pronunciation
- French: orthoépie — customary pronunciation
- German: Orthoepie — customary pronunciation
- Hungarian: helyesejtés — customary pronunciation
- Hungarian: ortoépia — customary pronunciation
- Italian: ortoepia — customary pronunciation
- Macedonian: правого́вор (pravogóvor) — customary pronunciation
- Macedonian: ортоепија (ortoepija) — customary pronunciation
- Polish: ortoepia — customary pronunciation
- Portuguese: ortoepia — customary pronunciation
- Portuguese: ortoépia — customary pronunciation
- Romanian: ortoepie — customary pronunciation
- Russian: орфоэ́пия (orfoépija) — customary pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian: правоговор — customary pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian: pravogòvōr — customary pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian: ortoèpija — customary pronunciation
- Spanish: ortoepía — customary pronunciation