adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to anthropology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or concerned with the science of anthropology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
anthropological studies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English anthropology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English anthropological From anthropology + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
մարդաբանական
(mardabanakan)
— relating to anthropology
Asturian:
antropolóxicu
— relating to anthropology
Belarusian:
антрапалагі́чны
(antrapalahíčny)
— relating to anthropology
Bulgarian:
антропологичен
(antropologičen)
— relating to anthropology
Catalan:
antropològic
— relating to anthropology
Czech:
antropologický
— relating to anthropology
Danish:
antropologisk
— relating to anthropology
Dutch:
antropologisch
— relating to anthropology
Esperanto:
antropologia
— relating to anthropology
Faroese:
mannfrøði-
— relating to anthropology
Faroese:
mannfrøðiligur
— relating to anthropology
Finnish:
antropologinen
— relating to anthropology
French:
anthropologique
— relating to anthropology
Galician:
antropolóxico
— relating to anthropology
German:
anthropologisch
— relating to anthropology
Hungarian:
antropológiai
— relating to anthropology
Irish:
antraipeolaíoch
— relating to anthropology
Italian:
antropologico
— relating to anthropology
Kazakh:
антропологиялық
(antropologiälyq)
— relating to anthropology
Latvian:
antropoloģisks
— relating to anthropology
Norwegian Bokmål:
antropologisk
— relating to anthropology
Norwegian Nynorsk:
antropologisk
— relating to anthropology
Occitan:
antropologic
— relating to anthropology
Polish:
antropologiczny
— relating to anthropology
Portuguese:
antropológico
— relating to anthropology
Romanian:
antropologic
— relating to anthropology
Russian:
антропологи́ческий
(antropologíčeskij)
— relating to anthropology
Serbo-Croatian:
antropološki
— relating to anthropology
Slovak:
antropologický
— relating to anthropology
Spanish:
antropológico
— relating to anthropology
Swedish:
antropologisk
— relating to anthropology
Tagalog:
dalubtauhin
— relating to anthropology
Ukrainian:
антропологі́чний
(antropolohíčnyj)
— relating to anthropology