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onomatology

UK/ˌɒnəməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/US/ˌɑnəməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/

onomatology noun: synonym of onomastics.

Noun

onomatology (usually uncountable, plural onomatologies)

  1. (usually) Synonym of onomastics
    • Nay more, of onomatology proper as I understand it, that is of the question of personal names, not a word so far.1933, A. G. Morice, “Carrier Onomatology”, in American Anthropologist, volume 35, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 632
    Synonyms:
    onomastics

onomatology meaning in Tamil and Bengali

onomatology in Tamil

பெயரியல்

onomatology in Bengali

নামতত্ত্বের সমার্থক

Synonyms of onomatology

Forms of onomatology

pluralonomatologies

Origin of onomatology

From onomato- + -logy.

Words formed from onomatology

Questions about onomatology

What does onomatology mean?
Onomatology means synonym of onomastics.
What is onomatology in Tamil?
Onomatology in Tamil is பெயரியல். See Onomatology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onomatology?
Onomatology is a noun.
How do you pronounce onomatology?
Onomatology is pronounced /ˌɒnəməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of onomatology?
The plural of onomatology is onomatologies.

Words near onomatology in the dictionary

  1. onomatological
  2. onomatologically
  3. onomatologies
  4. onomatologist
  5. onomatologists
  6. onomatology
  7. onomatomancy
  8. onomatomania
  9. onomatomantic
  10. onomatope
  11. onomatopeia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: onomatology (page history and authors); onomatology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); onomatology (Bengali 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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