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cosmogony

noun · 4 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni/
  • General-American: /kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/
  • Australian: /kɔzˈmɔɡ.ə.ni/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Holonym: cosmology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Holonym: cosmology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The creation of the universe: the origin and early development of the cosmos.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cosmogenesis, cosmogeny, hexameron

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cosmology, cosmogeny

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: astrophysics

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -gony.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kosmogonie — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Albanian: kozmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Armenian: կոսմոգոնիա (kosmogonia) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Asturian: cosmogonía — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Azerbaijani: kosmoqoniya — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Basque: kosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Bulgarian: космогония (kosmogonija) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Catalan: cosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙進化論 /宇宙进化论 (yǔzhòu jìnhuàlùn) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Chuvash: космогони (kosmogoni) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Czech: kosmogonie — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Danish: kosmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Dutch: kosmogonie — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Esperanto: kosmogonio — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Estonian: kosmogoonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Finnish: kosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • French: cosmogonie — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Galician: cosmogonía — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Georgian: კოსმოგონია (ḳosmogonia) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • German: Kosmogonie — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Greek: κοσμογονία (kosmogonía) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Hebrew: קוֹסְמוֹגוֹנְיָה (kosmogonya) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Hindi: विश्वोत्पत्तिवाद (viśvotpattivād) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Hungarian: kozmogónia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Ido: kosmogonio — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Indonesian: kosmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Irish: bunús na cruinne — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Italian: cosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Japanese: 宇宙進化論 (uchūshinkaron) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Kazakh: космогония (kosmogoniä) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Korean: 우주기원론 (ujugiwollon) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Kyrgyz: космогония (kosmogoniya) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Latin: cosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Lithuanian: kosmogonija — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Macedonian: космогонија (kosmogonija) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Malay: kosmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Marathi: विश्वोत्पत्तिवाद (viśvotpattivād) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kosmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kosmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Occitan: cosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Polish: kosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Portuguese: cosmogonia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Punjabi: ਕੌਸਮੋਗੋਨੀ (kausmogonī) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Romanian: cosmogonie — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Russian: космого́ния (kosmogónija) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Sanskrit: विश्वोत्पत्तिवाद (viśvotpattivāda) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Serbo-Croatian: космогонија — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Serbo-Croatian: kosmogonija — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Slovak: kozmogónia — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Spanish: cosmogonía — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Swedish: kosmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Tagalog: mulmayawan — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Tagalog: kosmogoniya — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Tatar: космогония (qosmoğöniyä) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Thai: ทฤษฎีการกําเนิดจักรวาล (trít-sà-dee gaan gam-nèrt jàk-grà-waan) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Turkish: kozmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Ukrainian: космогонія (kosmohonija) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Uzbek: космогония (kosmogoniya) — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Uzbek: kosmogoniya — the study of the origin of the universe
  • Welsh: cosmogoni — the study of the origin of the universe