orthoepy

orthoepy

See also: orthoëpy and orthœpy

English

WOTD – 3 March 2007

Alternative forms

• orthoëpy
• orthoepie, orthöepy (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθοέπεια (orthoépeia), possibly via Latin orthoepia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -ία (-ía, “-y”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːθəʊˌiːpi/, /ˈɔːθəʊˌɛpi/, /ˈɔːθəʊɨpi/, /ɔːˈθəʊɨpi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹθoʊˌɛpi/, /ɔɹˈθoʊəpi/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

orthoepy (countable and uncountable, plural orthoepies)

1. Synonym of phonology: the study of pronunciation. [1640]

   Antonym: cacoepy

2. Accepted or customary pronunciation. [1773]

Usage notes

• The rare ligated spelling orthœpy is unetymological. It occurs in some instances of 19th century US English, apparently to indicate the trisyllabic pronunciation prevalent in US English. The oe in orthoepy does not represent either of the etymological diphthongs ⟨oe⟩ (of Latin) or ⟨οι⟩ (oi — the omicron-iota of Ancient Greek), but rather the two separate vowels ⟨οε⟩ (oe, omicron-epsilon). To mark their separateness, the diæretic spelling orthoëpy is sometimes used.

Hypernyms

• linguistics, phonetics

Coordinate terms

• orthography

Derived terms

• orthoepic
• orthoepical
• orthoepically
• orthoepist
• orthoepistic
• orthoepistical

 

Translations

study of pronunciation

Armenian: ուղղախոսություն (hy) (ułłaxosutʿyun) Belarusian: арфаэ́пія f (arfaépija), артаэ́пія f (artaépija) (Taraškievica) Bulgarian: правого́вор m (pravogóvor), ортое́пия f (ortoépija) Chinese: Mandarin: 正音學／正音学 (zh) (zhèngyīnxué) Chuvash: орфоэпи (orfoep̬i) Czech: ortoepie f Danish: ortoepi c Finnish: ortoepia (fi) French: orthoépie (fr) f Georgian: ორთოეპია (ortoeṗia) German: Orthoepie (de) f, Rechtlautung f Interlingua: orthoepia Italian: ortoepia (it) f Japanese: 正音学 (せいおんがく, seiongaku) Kazakh: орфоэпия (orfoepiä) Korean: 정음학 (jeong'eumhak) Latvian: ortoēpija f Macedonian: правого́вор m (pravogóvor), ортоепија f (ortoepija) Polish: ortoepia (pl) f Portuguese: ortoepia (pt) f, ortoépia (pt) f Romanian: ortoepie (ro) f Russian: орфоэ́пия (ru) f (orfoépija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: правого̀во̄р m, ортоѐпија f Roman: pravogòvōr (sh) m, ortoèpija (sh) Slovak: ortoepia f Spanish: ortoepía (es) f Swedish: ortoepi c Tatar: орфоэпия (orfoepiya) Ukrainian: орфое́пія (uk) f (orfoépija), ортое́пія f (ortoépija) Uzbek: orfoepiya (uz) Cyrillic: орфоэпия (uz) (orfoepiya) Veps: orfoepii Yakut: орфоэпия (orfoepiya)

customary pronunciation

Armenian: ուղղախոսություն (hy) (ułłaxosutʿyun) Catalan: ortoèpia f Finnish: oikea ääntäminen French: orthoépie (fr) f German: Orthoepie (de) f Hungarian: helyesejtés, ortoépia Italian: ortoepia (it) f Macedonian: правого́вор m (pravogóvor), ортоепија f (ortoepija) Portuguese: ortoepia (pt) f, ortoépia (pt) f Romanian: ortoepie (ro) f Russian: орфоэ́пия (ru) f (orfoépija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: правоговор m Roman: pravogòvōr (sh) m, ortoèpija (sh) f Spanish: ortoepía (es) f

References

• “orthoepy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• orophyte