English noun: orthoepy | |||
1. | orthoepy (communication) the way a word or a language is customarily spoken | ||
Samples | The pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners. That is the correct pronunciation. | ||
Synonyms | pronunciation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Received Pronunciation | ||
2. | orthoepy (cognition) a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography | ||
Broader (hypernym) | phonemics, phonology | ||