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cosmology

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, US: /kɑzˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Meronym: cosmogony

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Meronym: cosmogony

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Meronym: cosmogony
  • Near-synonyms: cosmovision, worldview

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cosmovision, worldview

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: cosmogony, cosmogeny

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: astrophysics

5

noun

Meaning 5

the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metaphysics

History

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kosmologie — study of the physical universe
  • Albanian: kozmologji — study of the physical universe
  • Arabic: عِلْم الكَوْن الفِيزِيَائِيّ (ʕilm al-kawn al-fīziyāʔiyy) — study of the physical universe
  • Aragonese: cosmolochía — study of the physical universe
  • Armenian: կոսմոլոգիա (kosmologia) — study of the physical universe
  • Asturian: cosmoloxía — study of the physical universe
  • Azerbaijani: kosmologiya — study of the physical universe
  • Basque: kosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Belarusian: касмало́гія (kasmalóhija) — study of the physical universe
  • Bulgarian: космоло́гия (kosmológija) — study of the physical universe
  • Burmese: စကြာဝဠာဗေဒ (ca.krawa.labeda.) — study of the physical universe
  • Catalan: cosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙學 /宇宙学 (yǔzhòuxué) — study of the physical universe
  • Cornish: kosmonieth — study of the physical universe
  • Czech: kosmologie — study of the physical universe
  • Danish: kosmologi — study of the physical universe
  • Dutch: kosmologie — study of the physical universe
  • Dutch: ruimtekunde — study of the physical universe
  • Esperanto: kosmologio — study of the physical universe
  • Estonian: kosmoloogia — study of the physical universe
  • Finnish: kosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • French: cosmologie — study of the physical universe
  • Galician: cosmoloxía — study of the physical universe
  • Georgian: კოსმოლოგია (ḳosmologia) — study of the physical universe
  • German: Kosmologie — study of the physical universe
  • Greek: κοσμολογία (kosmología) — study of the physical universe
  • Hebrew: קוסמולוגיה (qosmologia) — study of the physical universe
  • Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड विज्ञान (brahmāṇḍ vijñān) — study of the physical universe
  • Hungarian: kozmológia — study of the physical universe
  • Icelandic: heimsfræði — study of the physical universe
  • Ido: kosmologio — study of the physical universe
  • Indonesian: kosmologi — study of the physical universe
  • Interlingua: cosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Italian: cosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Japanese: 宇宙論 (uchūron) — study of the physical universe
  • Kazakh: ғарышнама (ğaryşnama) — study of the physical universe
  • Kazakh: космология (kosmologiä) — study of the physical universe
  • Khmer: លោកធាតុវិទ្យា (looka’ thiet vityie) — study of the physical universe
  • Korean: 우주론 (ujuron) — study of the physical universe
  • Northern Kurdish: kosmolojî — study of the physical universe
  • Kyrgyz: космология (kosmologiya) — study of the physical universe
  • Latin: cosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Latvian: kosmoloģija — study of the physical universe
  • Lithuanian: kosmologija — study of the physical universe
  • Macedonian: космологија (kosmologija) — study of the physical universe
  • Malay: kosmologi — study of the physical universe
  • Maltese: kosmoloġija — study of the physical universe
  • Norman: cosmologie — study of the physical universe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kosmologi — study of the physical universe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kosmologi — study of the physical universe
  • Occitan: cosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Persian: کیهانشناسی (keyhân-šenâsi) — study of the physical universe
  • Polish: kosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Portuguese: cosmologia — study of the physical universe
  • Romanian: cosmologie — study of the physical universe
  • Romanian: космолоӂие (cosmologie) — study of the physical universe
  • Russian: космоло́гия (kosmológija) — study of the physical universe
  • Serbo-Croatian: козмоло̀гија — study of the physical universe
  • Serbo-Croatian: kozmològija — study of the physical universe
  • Sindhi: آفاقڀياس (Aafaaqbhyas) — study of the physical universe
  • Slovak: kozmológia — study of the physical universe
  • Slovene: kozmologija — study of the physical universe
  • Spanish: cosmología — study of the physical universe
  • Swedish: kosmologi — study of the physical universe
  • Tagalog: dalubmayawan — study of the physical universe
  • Tagalog: kosmolohiya — study of the physical universe
  • Turkish: kozmoloji — study of the physical universe
  • Turkmen: kosmologiýa — study of the physical universe
  • Ukrainian: космоло́гія (kosmolóhija) — study of the physical universe
  • Uzbek: kosmologiya — study of the physical universe
  • Yiddish: קאָסמאָלאָגיע (kosmologye) — study of the physical universe
  • Armenian: աշխարհայացք (ašxarhayacʻkʻ) — the way the world is viewed
  • Japanese: 世界観 (sekaikan) — the way the world is viewed
  • Russian: мировосприя́тие (mirovosprijátije) — the way the world is viewed