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cartography

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Australian: /kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯/
  • Canada: /kɐɹˈtɒɡɹəfi/
  • New-Zealand: /kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹɘfɪi̯/
  • UK: /kɑːˈtɒɡɹəfi/
  • US: /kɑɹˈtɑɡɹəfi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi

1

noun

Meaning 1

The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An illustrative discussion of a topic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the making of maps and charts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mapmaking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: devising, fashioning, making

History

Etymology

From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (gráphō, “write”)); carto- (“map”) + -graphy.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hartografi — creation of charts and maps
  • Amharic: የካርታ ሥራ (yäkarta śəra) — creation of charts and maps
  • Arabic: عِلْم الْخَرَائِط (ʕilm al-ḵarāʔiṭ) — creation of charts and maps
  • Armenian: քարտեզագրություն (kʻartezagrutʻyun) — creation of charts and maps
  • Asturian: cartografía — creation of charts and maps
  • Azerbaijani: kartoqrafiya — creation of charts and maps
  • Azerbaijani: xəritəşünaslıq — creation of charts and maps
  • Belarusian: картагра́фія (kartahráfija) — creation of charts and maps
  • Bengali: মানচিত্রাঙ্কনবিদ্যা (mancitraṅkonbidda) — creation of charts and maps
  • Bulgarian: картогра́фия (kartográfija) — creation of charts and maps
  • Burmese: မြေပုံဆွဲပညာ (mrepumhcwai:pa.nya) — creation of charts and maps
  • Catalan: cartografia — creation of charts and maps
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地圖學 /地图学 (dìtúxué) — creation of charts and maps
  • Chinese Mandarin: 製圖學 /制图学 (zhìtúxué) — creation of charts and maps
  • Czech: kartografie — creation of charts and maps
  • Danish: kartografi — creation of charts and maps
  • Dutch: cartografie — creation of charts and maps
  • Esperanto: kartografio — creation of charts and maps
  • Estonian: kartograafia — creation of charts and maps
  • Finnish: kartografia — creation of charts and maps
  • Finnish: karttaoppi — creation of charts and maps
  • French: cartographie — creation of charts and maps
  • Galician: cartografía — creation of charts and maps
  • Georgian: კარტოგრაფია (ḳarṭograpia) — creation of charts and maps
  • German: Kartographie — creation of charts and maps
  • German: Kartografie — creation of charts and maps
  • Greek: χαρτογραφία (chartografía) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hebrew: קַרְטוֹגְרַפְיָה (kartográfya) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hindi: मानचित्रकला (māncitrakalā) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hindi: मानचित्रण (māncitraṇ) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hindi: नक़्शानवीसी (naqśānvīsī) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hindi: मानचित्रविज्ञान (māncitravijñān) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hindi: नक़्शा-निगारी (naqśā-nigārī) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hindi: नक़्शा-कशी (naqśā-kaśī) — creation of charts and maps
  • Hungarian: térképészet — creation of charts and maps
  • Hungarian: kartográfia — creation of charts and maps
  • Icelandic: kortagerð — creation of charts and maps
  • Ido: kartografio — creation of charts and maps
  • Indonesian: kartografi — creation of charts and maps
  • Irish: cartagrafaíocht — creation of charts and maps
  • Italian: cartografia — creation of charts and maps
  • Japanese: 地図学 (chizugaku) — creation of charts and maps
  • Kazakh: картография (kartografiä) — creation of charts and maps
  • Khmer: ទេសពណ៌នា (teehpɔənaʼniə) — creation of charts and maps
  • Korean: 지도학 (jidohak) — creation of charts and maps
  • Kyrgyz: картография (kartografiya) — creation of charts and maps
  • Latin: cartographia — creation of charts and maps
  • Latvian: kartogrāfija — creation of charts and maps
  • Lithuanian: kartografija — creation of charts and maps
  • Macedonian: картографија (kartografija) — creation of charts and maps
  • Malay: kartografi — creation of charts and maps
  • Mongolian: зурагзүй (zuragzüj) — creation of charts and maps
  • Mongolian: картографи (kartografi) — creation of charts and maps
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kartografi — creation of charts and maps
  • Occitan: cartografia — creation of charts and maps
  • Persian: نَقشِهنِگاری (naqše-negâri) — creation of charts and maps
  • Persian: کارتوگرافی (kârtogrâfi) — creation of charts and maps
  • Polish: kartografia — creation of charts and maps
  • Portuguese: cartografia — creation of charts and maps
  • Romanian: cartografie — creation of charts and maps
  • Romanian: cartografiere — creation of charts and maps
  • Russian: картогра́фия (kartográfija) — creation of charts and maps
  • Serbo-Croatian: картогра̀фија — creation of charts and maps
  • Serbo-Croatian: kartogràfija — creation of charts and maps
  • Slovak: kartografia — creation of charts and maps
  • Slovene: kartografija — creation of charts and maps
  • Spanish: cartografía — creation of charts and maps
  • Swedish: kartografi — creation of charts and maps
  • Tagalog: kartograpiya — creation of charts and maps
  • Tajik: картография (kartografiya) — creation of charts and maps
  • Tajik: нақшанигорӣ (naqšanigori) — creation of charts and maps
  • Tamil: நிலப்படவரைவியல் (nilappaṭavaraiviyal) — creation of charts and maps
  • Thai: การทําแผนที่ — creation of charts and maps
  • Thai: การเขียนแผนที่ — creation of charts and maps
  • Turkish: haritacılık — creation of charts and maps
  • Turkish: kartografi — creation of charts and maps
  • Turkmen: kartografiýa — creation of charts and maps
  • Ukrainian: картогра́фія (kartohráfija) — creation of charts and maps
  • Urdu: نَقشَہ نِگاری (naqśā nigārī) — creation of charts and maps
  • Uyghur: خەرىتىشۇناسلىق (xeritishunasliq) — creation of charts and maps
  • Uzbek: kartografiya — creation of charts and maps
  • Uzbek: xaritagrafiya — creation of charts and maps
  • Vietnamese: bản đồ học — creation of charts and maps
  • Vietnamese: đồ bản học — creation of charts and maps
  • Vietnamese: thuật vẽ bản đồ — creation of charts and maps
  • Chinese Mandarin: 討論 /讨论 (tǎolùn) — illustrative discussion of a topic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 論述 /论述 (lùnshù) — illustrative discussion of a topic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 論題 /论题 (lùntí) — illustrative discussion of a topic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調查 /调查 (diàochá) — illustrative discussion of a topic
  • Finnish: kartoitus — illustrative discussion of a topic
Real reading context

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