Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun orthoepy

2 senses of orthoepy

Sense 1
pronunciation, orthoepy -- (the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation")
       => speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication -- ((language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets")

Sense 2
orthoepy -- (a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography)
       => phonology, phonemics -- (the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes)