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GLOTTOLOGY

Definition: GLOTTOLOGY

GLOTTOLOGY

Noun

1. The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Glottology \Glot*tol"o*gy\, noun. [from Greek expression the tongue -logy.]. (references)

 

Synonyms within Context: GLOTTOLOGY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Language

Lexicology, philology, glossology, glottology; linguistics, chrestomathy; paleology, paleography; comparative grammar.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: GLOTTOLOGY

English words defined with "GLOTTOLOGY": Glossology, Glottological. (references)

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Modern Translation: GLOTTOLOGY

Language Translations for "GLOTTOLOGY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Sprachwissenschaft (linguistics, philology). (various references)

   

Italian

  

glottologia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ottologyglay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "GLOTTOLOGY"

Words rhyming with "GLOTTOLOGY" (pronounced 'Glot*tol"o*gy'): Aciurgy, Acology, Actinology, Adenology, Aerolithology, Aerology, Agnoiology, Agriology, Agrostology, Aitiology, Alethiology, Algology, Allotriophagy, Alogy, Amphibiology, Amphibology, Anagogy, Analogy, Anemology, Angelology, Angiology, Anthology, Anthropology, Anthropophagy, Antilogy, Apiology, Arachnology, Archaeology, Archelogy, Aretology, Aristology, Arteriology, Arthrology, Assyriology, Astrolithology, Astrology, Astrometeorology, Astrotheology, Atheology, Atmology, Atmospherology, Atomology, Autophagy, Bacteriology, Baggy, Balneology, Barology, Battology, Bibliology, Bibliopegy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: GLOTTOLOGY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-g-l-l-o-o-o-t-t-y"

-3 letters: otology.

-4 letters: googly, googol, oology.

-5 letters: golly, loggy, lotto, ology, tolyl.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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