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cartography
- /kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯/ Australia
- /kɐɹˈtɒɡɹəfi/ Canada
- /kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹɘfɪi̯/ New Zealand
- /kɑːˈtɒɡɹəfi/ UK
- /kɑɹˈtɑɡɹəfi/ US
Rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
Where it comes from
From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (gráphō, “write”)); carto- (“map”) + -graphy.
noun cartographies
- The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
- An illustrative discussion of a topic. In the early years of my psychedelic research, I sketched a vastly expanded cartography of the psyche that seems to meet this challenge.
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noun creation of charts and maps
| Español | cartografía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지도학 jidohak |
| 日本語 | 地図学 chizugaku |
| 中文 | 地圖學 /地图学 dìtúxué, 製圖學 /制图学 zhìtúxué |
| हिन्दी | मानचित्रकला māncitrakalā, मानचित्रण māncitraṇ, नक़्शानवीसी naqśānvīsī, मानचित्रविज्ञान māncitravijñān, नक़्शा-निगारी naqśā-nigārī, नक़्शा-कशी naqśā-kaśī |
| Português | cartografia |
| Français | cartographie |
| Deutsch | Kartographie, Kartografie |
| Italiano | cartografia |
| Ελληνικά | χαρτογραφία chartografía |
| Română | cartografie, cartografiere |
| Русский | картогра́фия kartográfija |
| Tiếng Việt | bản đồ học, đồ bản học, thuật vẽ bản đồ |
| العربية | عِلْم الْخَرَائِط ʕilm al-ḵarāʔiṭ |
| עברית | קַרְטוֹגְרַפְיָה kartográfya |
Talk about this word "cartography." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cartography. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cartography. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cartography "cartography." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cartography.Cite this
@misc{cartography_2026,
title = {cartography},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cartography},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
