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philological

/ˌfɪ.ləˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/

philological adjective: of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.

Adjective

philological (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.
  2. Pertaining to historical linguistics.

philological meaning in Bengali and Tagalog

philological in Bengali

ঐতিহাসিক ভাষাবিজ্ঞান সংক্রান্ত

philological in Tagalog

philological
palawikain

Synonyms of philological

Origin of philological

From philology + -ical.

Words formed from philological

Questions about philological

What does philological mean?
Philological means of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.
What is philological in Bengali?
Philological in Bengali is ঐতিহাসিক ভাষাবিজ্ঞান সংক্রান্ত. See Philological meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is philological?
Philological is an adjective.
How do you pronounce philological?
Philological is pronounced /ˌfɪ.ləˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/.

Words near philological in the dictionary

  1. philologer
  2. philologers
  3. philologian
  4. philologians
  5. philologic
  6. philological
  7. philologically
  8. philologies
  9. philologise
  10. philologised
  11. philologises

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: philological (page history and authors); philological (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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