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Meaning of orthoepy

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

orthoepy

Pronunciation:/ɔːˈθəʊɨpi//ɔɹˈθoʊəpi/

noun

Definitions

  1. Accepted or customary pronunciation.

noun

Definitions

  1. The study of correct spelling according to established usage.

  2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.

  3. Orthographic projection; especially its use to draw an elevation, vertical projection etc. of a building.

noun

Definitions

  1. The study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language.

  2. The way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.

  2. The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.

  3. A specific spelling of a word.

  4. A spelling test or spelling bee.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orthoepyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orthographyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phonologyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spelling

Related words

phonologyphonemicsmetaphonologyphoneticsphonoaudiologistsoundloresociophonologypsychophonetics