noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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