adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkɹɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
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adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or arranged according to temporal order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
chronological age
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor. English chrono- 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 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 -logical ▲ English chrono- ▲ English -logy English chronology ▲ English -ical English chronological From chrono- + -logical or chronology + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
chronologies
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Afrikaans:
kronologies
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Arabic:
مُرَتَّب زَمَنِيَّا
(murattab zamaniyyā)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Armenian:
ժամանակագրական
(žamanakagrakan)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Belarusian:
храналагі́чны
(xranalahíčny)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Bulgarian:
хронологически
(hronologičeski)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Catalan:
cronològic
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Chinese Mandarin:
按時間先後 /按时间先后
(àn shíjiān xiānhòu)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Czech:
chronologický
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Danish:
kronologisk
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Dutch:
chronologisch
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Esperanto:
kronologia
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Esperanto:
tempa
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Estonian:
kronoloogiline
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Finnish:
kronologinen
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
French:
chronologique
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Galician:
cronolóxico
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Georgian:
ქრონოლოგიური
(kronologiuri)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
German:
chronologisch
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
German:
zeitlich
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Greek:
χρονολογικός
(chronologikós)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Hebrew:
כּרוֹנוֹלוֹגִי
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Hungarian:
időrendi
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Hungarian:
kronológiai
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Hungarian:
kronologikus
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Indonesian:
kronologis
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Irish:
cróineolaíoch
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Italian:
cronologico
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Japanese:
経時的
(keijiteki)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Kazakh:
хронологиялық
(xronologiälyq)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Korean:
연대기의
(yeondaegiui)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Latvian:
hronoloģisks
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Lithuanian:
chronologinis
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Lithuanian:
chronologiškas
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Norwegian Bokmål:
kronologisk
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kronologisk
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Persian:
زمانی
(zamâni)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Polish:
chronologiczny
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Portuguese:
cronológico
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Romanian:
cronologic
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Russian:
хронологический
(xronologičeskij)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Serbo-Croatian:
хронолошки
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Serbo-Croatian:
кронолошки
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Serbo-Croatian:
hronološki
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Serbo-Croatian:
kronološki
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Slovak:
chronologický
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Slovene:
kronološki
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Spanish:
cronológico
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Swedish:
kronologisk
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Turkish:
kronolojik
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Ukrainian:
хронологічний
(xronolohičnyj)
— in order of time from the earliest to the latest