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typology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /taɪˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English type Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English typology From type + -ology.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).
  5. (countable, uncountable) The doctrine of Scripture types or figures.

Forms

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typologies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

somatypology · linguistic typology · morphological typology · biotypology · typological · typologic · psychotypology · typologist · technotypology · Sasang typology · phrasal typology · chronotypology

Relateds

value domain · typification · ontology · taxonomy · categorization · typing · typography

Translations (35)

id tipologi (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · lv tipoloģija (result of the classification of things according to their characteristics) · be тыпало́гія (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · fi typologia (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · it tipologia (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · nl taaltypologie (classification of languages) · da typologi (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · ca tipologia (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · sh tipologija (classification of languages) · da typologi (classification of languages) · sq tipologji (classification of languages) · fi typologia (result of the classification of things according to their characteristics) · nl typologie (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · fr typologie (classification of languages) · ru типоло́гия (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · fi typologia (classification of languages) · es tipología (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · cy teipoleg (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · ka ტიპოლოგია (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · nl typologie (classification of languages) · sv språktypologi (classification of languages) · nl typologie (result of the classification of things according to their characteristics) · pt tipologia (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · km បែបវិទ្យា (classification of languages) · bg типология (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · pt tipologia (result of the classification of things according to their characteristics) · fr typologie (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · tk tipologiýa (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · cmn 語言類型學 /语言类型学 (classification of languages) · sh tipologija (result of the classification of things according to their characteristics) · sh tipologija (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · lv tipoloģija (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · cmn 類型學 /类型学 (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · uk типоло́гія (systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics) · fr typologie (result of the classification of things according to their characteristics)