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chronology

noun · 5 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • General-American: /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AH0 N AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The science of determining the order in which events occurred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts

Narrower terms: glottochronology

4

noun

Meaning 4

a record of events in the order of their occurrence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: written record, written account

Narrower terms: timeline

5

noun

Meaning 5

an arrangement of events in time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: temporal relation

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 English chronology From chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kronologjia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Arabic: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (žamanakagrutʻyun) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Azerbaijani: xronologiya — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Basque: kronologia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Belarusian: хранало́гія (xranalóhija) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Bengali: কালনিরূপণবিদ্যা (kalnirupnobidda) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (hronológija) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Catalan: cronologia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 年表 (niánbiǎo) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Czech: chronologie — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Danish: kronologi — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Dutch: chronologie — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Esperanto: kronologio — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Estonian: kronoloogia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Finnish: kronologia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • French: chronologie — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Galician: cronoloxía — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • German: Chronologie — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Greek: χρονολογία (chronología) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (khronológya) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Hindi: कालक्रम विज्ञान (kālakram vijñān) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Hindi: तैथिकी (taithikī) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Hungarian: kronológia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Icelandic: tímatalsfræði — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Ido: kronologio — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Indonesian: kronologi — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Irish: croineolaíocht — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Italian: cronologia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Japanese: 編年 (hennen) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Kazakh: хронология (xronologiä) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Khmer: កាលប្បវត្តិវិទ្យា (kaal prɑɑvŏət vicciə) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Korean: 연대학 (yeondaehak) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Korean: 년대학 (nyeondaehak) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Kyrgyz: хронология (hronologiya) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Latvian: hronoloģija — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Lithuanian: chronologija — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Macedonian: хронологија (hronologija) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Malay: kronologi — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kronologi — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kronologi — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Persian: گاهشناسی (gâhšenâsi) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Polish: chronologia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Portuguese: cronologia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Romanian: cronologie — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Russian: хроноло́гия (xronológija) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Serbo-Croatian: хроноло̀гија — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Serbo-Croatian: кроноло̀гија — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Serbo-Croatian: hronològija — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kronològija — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Slovak: chronológia — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Slovene: kronologija — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Spanish: cronología — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Swedish: kronologi — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Thai: วิทยาการลําดับเวลา (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-lam-dàp-wee-laa) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Turkish: kronoloji — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (xronolóhija) — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Uzbek: xronologiya — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Vietnamese: niên đại học — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Welsh: amseryddiaeth — determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
  • Albanian: kronologjia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Arabic: تَسَلْسُل زَمَنِيّ (tasalsul zamaniyy) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (žamanakagrutʻyun) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Azerbaijani: xronologiya — arrangement into chronological order
  • Basque: kronologia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Belarusian: хранало́гія (xranalóhija) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (hronológija) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Catalan: cronologia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Czech: chronologie — arrangement into chronological order
  • Danish: kronologi — arrangement into chronological order
  • Danish: kronologisk rækkefølge — arrangement into chronological order
  • Dutch: chronologie — arrangement into chronological order
  • Dutch: tijdsorde — arrangement into chronological order
  • Dutch: tijdrekenkunde — arrangement into chronological order
  • Dutch: tijdrekening — arrangement into chronological order
  • Estonian: kronoloogia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Finnish: kronologia — arrangement into chronological order
  • French: chronologie — arrangement into chronological order
  • Galician: cronoloxía — arrangement into chronological order
  • Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia) — arrangement into chronological order
  • German: Chronologie — arrangement into chronological order
  • German: Zeitordnung — arrangement into chronological order
  • German: Zeitmessung — arrangement into chronological order
  • German: Zeitrechnung — arrangement into chronological order
  • Greek: χρονολόγηση (chronológisi) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (khronológya) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hindi: कालक्रम (kālakram) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hindi: कालानुक्रम (kālānukram) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hindi: तैथिकी (taithikī) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hindi: घटनाक्रम (ghaṭnākram) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hindi: घटनावली (ghaṭnāvlī) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hindi: तारीख़नामा (tārīxnāmā) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hungarian: időrend — arrangement into chronological order
  • Hungarian: kronológia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Icelandic: tímatal — arrangement into chronological order
  • Icelandic: tímasetning — arrangement into chronological order
  • Indonesian: kronologi — arrangement into chronological order
  • Irish: croineolaíocht — arrangement into chronological order
  • Italian: cronologia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Japanese: 年表 (nenpyō) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Latvian: hronoloģija — arrangement into chronological order
  • Lithuanian: chronologija — arrangement into chronological order
  • Malay: kronologi — arrangement into chronological order
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kronologi — arrangement into chronological order
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kronologi — arrangement into chronological order
  • Polish: chronologia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Portuguese: cronologia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Romanian: cronologie — arrangement into chronological order
  • Russian: хроноло́гия (xronológija) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Serbo-Croatian: хроноло̀гија — arrangement into chronological order
  • Serbo-Croatian: кроноло̀гија — arrangement into chronological order
  • Serbo-Croatian: hronològija — arrangement into chronological order
  • Serbo-Croatian: kronològija — arrangement into chronological order
  • Slovak: chronológia — arrangement into chronological order
  • Slovene: kronologija — arrangement into chronological order
  • Spanish: cronología — arrangement into chronological order
  • Swedish: kronologi — arrangement into chronological order
  • Swedish: kronologisk ordning — arrangement into chronological order
  • Swedish: tidsordning — arrangement into chronological order
  • Turkish: kronoloji — arrangement into chronological order
  • Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (xronolóhija) — arrangement into chronological order
  • Welsh: amseryddiaeth — arrangement into chronological order
  • Yiddish: כראָנאָלאָגיע (khronologye) — arrangement into chronological order
Real reading context

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