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orthœpy

orthœpy is the nonstandard spelling of orthoepy.

Meaning of orthoepy

Noun

orthoepy (countable and uncountable, plural orthoepies)

  1. The study of pronunciation.
  2. Accepted or customary pronunciation.
    Antonyms:
    cacoepy

Origin of orthœpy

Nonstandard use of the ligature œ in place of an oe sequence that represents two vowels pronounced in separate syllables.

Questions about orthœpy

What is orthœpy the nonstandard spelling of?
Orthœpy is the nonstandard spelling of orthoepy.

Words near orthœpy in the dictionary

  1. orthoëpy
  2. orthropteroid
  3. orthros
  4. Orthrus
  5. orthöepy
  6. orthœpy
  7. orticant
  8. Ortigoza
  9. Ortigozas
  10. Ortigueira
  11. orting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthœpy (page history and authors); orthoepy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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