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campanology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Late Latin campāna Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English campanology From Late Latin campāna (“bell”) + English -ology.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐘學 /钟学 (zhōngxué) — study of bells
  • Czech: kampanologie — study of bells
  • Danish: campanologi — study of bells
  • Dutch: campanologie — study of bells
  • Finnish: kampanologia — study of bells
  • French: campanologie — study of bells
  • German: Campanologie — study of bells
  • German: Kampanologie — study of bells
  • Greek: καμπανολογία (kampanología) — study of bells
  • Irish: clingireacht — study of bells
  • Italian: campanologia — study of bells
  • Kazakh: кампанология (kampanologiä) — study of bells
  • Khmer: ជួងវិទ្យា (chuəng vityie) — study of bells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kampanologi — study of bells
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kampanologi — study of bells
  • Polish: kampanologia — study of bells
  • Russian: кампаноло́гия (kampanológija) — study of bells
  • Serbo-Croatian: кампаноло̀гија — study of bells
  • Serbo-Croatian: kampanològija — study of bells
  • Slovak: kampanológia — study of bells
  • Swedish: kampanologi — study of bells