orthoepy

/ɔrˈθoʊəpi/

Definitions of orthoepy

1. noun

   the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
   synonyms: pronunciation

   types:

   Received Pronunciation

   the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting

   type of:

   language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication

   (language) communication by word of mouth
2. noun

   a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography
   type of:

   phonemics, phonology

   the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes