 orthoepy |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (linguistics) the way a word or a language is customarily spoken | |
| Synonyms: | pronunciation | |
| Examples: | "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners" "that is the correct pronunciation" |
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| Related terms: | speech utterance accent articulation homophony mispronunciation pronounce | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics,phonology) a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography | |
| Related terms: | phonology | |
| Similar spelling: |
orthoepist orthopter orthopnea Orthoptera orthopteron orthopteran orthopaedic |
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