ORTHOEPY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct” pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct” orthography
   Hypernyms(s) orthoepy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • phonology (what does phonology mean?)
   • phonemics (what does phonemics mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
   Synonym(s)
   • pronunciation (what does pronunciation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners
   • that is the correct pronunciation
   Hypernyms(s) orthoepy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • speech communication (what does speech communication mean?)
   • spoken communication (what does spoken communication mean?)
   • spoken language (what does spoken language mean?)
   • language (what does language mean?)
   • voice communication (what does voice communication mean?)
   • oral communication (what does oral communication mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pronounce (what does pronounce mean?)
   • articulate (what does articulate mean?)
   • enounce (what does enounce mean?)
   • sound out (what does sound out mean?)
   • enunciate (what does enunciate mean?)
   • say (what does say mean?)