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dendrochronology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: archaeology, biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- 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 English dendrochronology From dendro- + chronology.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: علم تحديد أعمار الأشجار — science of counting tree rings
  • Basque: dendrokronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Belarusian: дэндрахранало́гія (dendraxranalóhija) — science of counting tree rings
  • Bengali: ডেনড্রোক্রোনোলজি (ḍenḍrōkrōnōloji) — science of counting tree rings
  • Breton: dendrokronologiezh — science of counting tree rings
  • Bulgarian: дендрохронология (dendrohronologija) — science of counting tree rings
  • Catalan: dendrocronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹木年代學 /树木年代学 (shùmù niándàixué) — science of counting tree rings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 年輪年代學 /年轮年代学 (niánlún niándàixué) — science of counting tree rings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹輪年代學 /树轮年代学 (shùlún niándàixué) — science of counting tree rings
  • Czech: dendrochronologie — science of counting tree rings
  • Danish: dendrokronologi — science of counting tree rings
  • Danish: træringskronologi — science of counting tree rings
  • Dutch: dendrochronologie — science of counting tree rings
  • Esperanto: dendrokronologio — science of counting tree rings
  • Estonian: dendrokronoloogia — science of counting tree rings
  • Finnish: dendrokronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Finnish: vuosirengasajoitus — science of counting tree rings
  • French: dendrochronologie — science of counting tree rings
  • German: Dendrochronologie — science of counting tree rings
  • Greek: δενδροχρονολόγηση (dendrochronológisi) — science of counting tree rings
  • Haitian Creole: dandwokwonoloji — science of counting tree rings
  • Hebrew: דֶּנְדְּרוֹכְּרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (dendrokronológya) — science of counting tree rings
  • Hindi: वृक्षवलय कालक्रम (vŕkṣavlay kālakram) — science of counting tree rings
  • Hungarian: dendrokronológia — science of counting tree rings
  • Icelandic: árhringjatímatal — science of counting tree rings
  • Icelandic: trjáhringjatímatal — science of counting tree rings
  • Indonesian: dendrokronologi — science of counting tree rings
  • Irish: crann-chróineolaíocht — science of counting tree rings
  • Irish: deindreacróineolaíocht — science of counting tree rings
  • Italian: dendrocronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Japanese: 年輪年代学 (nenrin'nendaigaku) — science of counting tree rings
  • Khmer: រុក្ខកាលវិទ្យា (rukkha’ kaal vityie) — science of counting tree rings
  • Korean: 연륜연대학 (yeollyunyeondaehak) — science of counting tree rings
  • Northern Kurdish: dendrokronolojî — science of counting tree rings
  • Latin: dendrochronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Latvian: dendrohronoloģija — science of counting tree rings
  • Limburgish: boumslaezing — science of counting tree rings
  • Lithuanian: dendrochronologija — science of counting tree rings
  • Macedonian: дендрохронологија (dendrohronologija) — science of counting tree rings
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dendrokronologi — science of counting tree rings
  • Norwegian Bokmål: treringdatering — science of counting tree rings
  • Norwegian Bokmål: årringdatering — science of counting tree rings
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dendrokronologi — science of counting tree rings
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: treringsdatering — science of counting tree rings
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: årringsdatering — science of counting tree rings
  • Occitan: dendrocronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Persian: درختگاهشماری — science of counting tree rings
  • Polish: dendrochronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Portuguese: dendrocronologia — science of counting tree rings
  • Romanian: dendrocronologie — science of counting tree rings
  • Russian: де́ндрохроноло́гия (dɛ́ndroxronológija) — science of counting tree rings
  • Serbo-Croatian: дендрокроноло̀гија — science of counting tree rings
  • Serbo-Croatian: dendrokronològija — science of counting tree rings
  • Slovak: dendrochronológia — science of counting tree rings
  • Slovene: dendrokronologija — science of counting tree rings
  • Spanish: dendrocronología — science of counting tree rings
  • Sundanese: déndrokronologi — science of counting tree rings
  • Swedish: dendrokronologi — science of counting tree rings
  • Thai: กาลานุกรมต้นไม้ (gaa-laa-nú-grom dtôn mái) — science of counting tree rings
  • Turkish: dendrokronoloji — science of counting tree rings
  • Ukrainian: дендрохроноло́гія (dendroxronolóhija) — science of counting tree rings
  • West Flemish: dendrochronologie — science of counting tree rings
  • Yiddish: דענדראָכראָנאָלאָגיע (dendrokhronologye) — science of counting tree rings
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