philology
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philology
- /fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/ UK
- /fɪˈlɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ US
- /fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ Australia
- /fɪˈlɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
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Inherited from Middle English Philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature”).
noun philologies
- The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages. Philology and philosophy are treated as reciprocal. They exist on equal footing, and neither functions satisfactorily without the other. Their methods ... are opposite; philology attains to knowledge through induction, whereas philosophy starts from a concept. To formulate his concepts soundly, the
- Historical or comparative linguistics.
- Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking. Indeed Philology properly is Terſe and Polite Learning, melior literatura (married long ſince by Martianus Capella to Mercury) being that Florid skill, containing onely the Roſes of learning, without the prickles thereof in which narrow ſenſe thorny Philoſophy is diſcharged as no part of Philology.
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noun philology
| Español | filología |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 문헌학 munheonhak |
| 日本語 | 文献学 bunkengaku |
| 中文 | 文字學 /文字学 wénzìxué, 語文學 /语文学 yǔwénxué |
| हिन्दी | भाषाशास्त्र bhāṣāśāstra |
| Kiswahili | filolojia |
| Português | filologia |
| Français | philologie |
| Deutsch | Philologie |
| Italiano | filologia |
| Ελληνικά | φιλολογία filología |
| Română | filologie |
| Русский | филоло́гия filológija |
| Tiếng Việt | bác ngữ học, ngữ văn, ngôn ngữ học |
| العربية | فِقْهُ اللُّغَة fiqhu l-luḡa, عِلْمُ فِقْهِ اللُّغَة ʕilmu fiqhi l-luḡa |
| עברית | פִילוֹלוֹגְיָה filológiya |
Talk about this word "philology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/philology. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. philology. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/philology "philology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/philology.Cite this
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title = {philology},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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