phonology
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phonology
- /fəˈnɒləd͡ʒi/ UK
- /fəˈnɑləd͡ʒi/ US
- /foʊ-/ US
- /fəˈnɒləd͡ʒi/ Canada, dialectal
- /fəˈnɔləd͡ʒi/ Australia
- /fəˈnɒləd͡ʒi/ New Zealand
- [fəˈnɔ̟ləd͡ʒi] New Zealand
Sounds like phenology (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
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From phono- (prefix denoting sound) + -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning, or a study of a particular subject).
noun phonologies
- The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system. Prospectus of a new work, entitled Pantographia: Containing accurate copies of all the known alphabets in the world. Together with an English explanation of the peculiar force of each letter: To which will be added specimens of all well-authenticated oral languages, Forming a comprehensive Digest of
- The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language. Sign language linguists have produced many volumes of description of the phonology and morphology of signs and the syntax of sign languages.
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noun study of the way sounds function in languages
| Español | fonología |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 음운론 eumullon, 어음학 eo'eumhak |
| 日本語 | 音韻論 on'inron |
| 中文 | 音位學 /音位学 yīnwèixué, 音系學 /音系学 yīnxìxué, 音韻學 /音韵学 yīnyùnxué |
| हिन्दी | स्वनिमविज्ञान svanimvijñān, ध्वनितत्व dhvanitatva, सौतियात sautiyāt |
| Kiswahili | fonolojia |
| Português | fonologia |
| Français | phonologie |
| Deutsch | Phonologie, Phonemik |
| Italiano | fonologia |
| Ελληνικά | φωνολογία fonología |
| Română | fonologie |
| Русский | фоноло́гия fonológija |
| Tiếng Việt | âm vị học |
| العربية | فُونُولُوجِيَّا funulujiyyā, عِلْمُ ٱلْأَصْوَاتِ ٱللُّغَوِيَّةِ ʕilmu l-ʔaṣwāti l-luḡawiyyati, اَلتَّصْرِيفُ ٱلصَّوْتِيُّ at-taṣrīfu ṣ-ṣawtiyyu, نُطْقِيَّات nuṭqiyyāt |
| עברית | פונולוגיה |
noun way sounds function within a given language
| Español | fonología |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 音系 yīnxì |
| हिन्दी | स्वनिमविज्ञान svanimvijñān |
| Kiswahili | fonolojia |
| Português | fonologia |
| Français | phonologie |
| Deutsch | Lautsystem |
| Русский | фоне́тика fonɛ́tika, фоноло́гия fonológija |
| Tiếng Việt | âm vị |
Talk about this word "phonology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/phonology. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. phonology. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/phonology "phonology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/phonology.Cite this
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title = {phonology},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phonology},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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