linguistics
/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
linguistics noun: the systematic and scholarly study of language.
Noun
linguistics (uncountable)
- The systematic and scholarly study of language.
- a branch of linguistics
- to study linguistics
- Synonyms:
- glossology, glottology, linguistry, speechlore, wordlore
linguistics meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
linguistics in Hindi
- scientific study of language
- भाषाविज्ञान bhāṣāvijñān
linguistics in Tamil
- scientific study of language
- மொழியியல் moḻiyiyal
linguistics in Marathi
- scientific study of language
- भाषाशास्त्र bhāṣāśāstra
linguistics in Urdu
- scientific study of language
- لِسانِیات lisāniyāt
More languagesFewer languages
- linguistics in Bengali
- ভাষাবিজ্ঞান bhaśabiggên
- linguistics in Telugu
- భాషాశాస్త్రము bhāṣāśāstramu
- linguistics in Malayalam
- ഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം bhāṣāśāstraṁ
- linguistics in Kannada
- ಭಾಷಾ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ bhāṣā vijñāna, ಭಾಷಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ bhāṣāśāstra
- linguistics in Punjabi
- ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ bhāśā vigiāna
- linguistics in Sanskrit
- भाषाविज्ञान bhāṣāvijñāna
- linguistics in Sinhala
- වාග්වේදය
- linguistics in Assamese
- ভাষাবিজ্ঞান bhaxabiggan
- linguistics in Pashto
- ژبپوهنه žəbpohəna
- linguistics in Tagalog
- lingguwistika, dalubwikaan, agham-wika
- linguistics in Arabic
- لِسَانِيَّات lisāniyyāt, عِلْم اللُّغَة ʕilm al-luḡa, لُغَوِيَّات luḡawiyyāt
- linguistics in Malay
- linguistik
- linguistics in Indonesian
- linguistik, ilmu bahasa, ilmu kebahasaan
- linguistics in Thai
- ภาษาศาสตร์ paa-sǎa-sàat
- linguistics in Vietnamese
- ngôn ngữ học
- linguistics in Myanmar
- ဘာသာဗေဒ bhasabeda.
- Sindhi
- لسانيات lisāniāt
- Dhivehi
- ބަހަވީ އިލްމު bahavī ilmu
Examples of linguistics in a sentence
- Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar.
- I had no prior knowledge of linguistics, but that didn't stop me from writing a dictionary.
- Methodologically, Wiktionary represents an implementation of the descriptive approach to linguistics and specifically to grammar.
Synonyms of linguistics
Origin of linguistics
From linguist + -ics, akin to linguistic and Latin linguisticus, coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1847 from German Linguistik.
Words formed from linguistics
- algebraic linguistics
- anthropolinguistics
- applied linguistics
- archaeolinguistics
- armchair linguistics
- astrolinguistics
- biolinguistics
- clinical linguistics
- cognitive linguistics
- comparative linguistics
- computational linguistics
- contact linguistics
- contrastive linguistics
- corpus linguistics
- critical applied linguistics
- cryptolinguistics
- culinary linguistics
- cunning linguistics
- cyberlinguistics
- demolinguistics
- diachronic linguistics
- ecolinguistics
- ethnolinguistics
- Eurolinguistics
- evolutionary linguistics
- folk linguistics
- forensic linguistics
- functional linguistics
- geolinguistics
- historical linguistics
- interlinguistics
- internet linguistics
- lavender linguistics
- lx
- macrolinguistics
- metalinguistics
- microlinguistics
- neolinguistics
- netlinguistics
- neurolinguistics
- paedolinguistics
- palaeolinguistics
- paleolinguistics
- paralinguistics
- patholinguistics
- pedolinguistics
- phylolinguistics
- protolinguistics
- pseudo-linguistics
- pseudolinguistics
- psycholinguistics
- quantitative linguistics
- raciolinguistics
- sign linguistics
- sociolinguistics
- text linguistics
- theolinguistics
- xenolinguistics
Questions about linguistics
- What does linguistics mean?
- Linguistics means the systematic and scholarly study of language.
- What is linguistics in Hindi?
- Linguistics in Hindi is भाषाविज्ञान (bhāṣāvijñān). See Linguistics meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is linguistics?
- Linguistics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce linguistics?
- Linguistics is pronounced /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/.
Words near linguistics in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: linguistics (page history and authors); linguistics (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ভাষাবিজ্ঞান (Assamese) (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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