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dialectology

/ˌdaɪ.əˌlɛkˈtɒləd͡ʒi/US/ˌdaɪ.əˌlɛkˈtɑləd͡ʒi/

dialectology noun: the study of dialects.

Noun

dialectology (usually uncountable, plural dialectologies)

  1. (usually) The study of dialects.

dialectology meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic

dialectology in Tamil

கிளை மொழியியல்

dialectology in Bengali

study of dialects
উপভাষাতত্ত্ব upobhaśatotto

dialectology in Tagalog

study of dialects
palawikainan

dialectology in Arabic

study of dialects
عِلْم اللَّهْجَات ʕilm al-lahjāt
More languagesFewer languages
dialectology in Vietnamese
thổ ngữ học, phương ngữ học

Forms of dialectology

pluraldialectologies

Origin of dialectology

From dialect + -o- + -logy.

Words formed from dialectology

Questions about dialectology

What does dialectology mean?
Dialectology means the study of dialects.
What is dialectology in Tamil?
Dialectology in Tamil is கிளை மொழியியல். See Dialectology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dialectology?
Dialectology is a noun.
How do you pronounce dialectology?
Dialectology is pronounced /ˌdaɪ.əˌlɛkˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of dialectology?
The plural of dialectology is dialectologies.

Words near dialectology in the dictionary

  1. dialectological
  2. dialectologically
  3. dialectologies
  4. dialectologist
  5. dialectologists
  6. dialectology
  7. dialectometric
  8. dialectometrics
  9. dialectometry
  10. dialects
  11. dialectual

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dialectology (page history and authors); dialectology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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