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Orthoepy

//ˈɔː.θəʊˌiː.pi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of pronunciation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the ‘correct’ pronunciation of words and its relation to ‘correct’ orthography wordnet
  3. 3
    Accepted or customary pronunciation. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the way a word or a language is customarily spoken wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθοέπεια (orthoépeia), possibly via Latin orthoepia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -ία (-ía, “-y”).

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