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dialectology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of dialects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: linguistics, philology

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)bor. Latin dialectoslbor. Middle French dialectebor. English dialect Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- 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 dialectology From dialect + -o- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dialektologie — study of dialects
  • Afrikaans: variasietaalkunde — study of dialects
  • Arabic: عِلْم اللَّهْجَات (ʕilm al-lahjāt) — study of dialects
  • Armenian: բարբառագիտություն (barbaṙagitutʻyun) — study of dialects
  • Azerbaijani: dialektologiya — study of dialects
  • Azerbaijani: ləhcəşünaslıq — study of dialects
  • Bengali: উপভাষাতত্ত্ব (upobhaśatotto) — study of dialects
  • Bulgarian: диалектоло́гия (dialektológija) — study of dialects
  • Catalan: dialectologia — study of dialects
  • Chinese Mandarin: 方言學 /方言学 (fāngyánxué) — study of dialects
  • Crimean Tatar: şiveşınaslıq — study of dialects
  • Czech: dialektologie — study of dialects
  • Danish: dialektologi — study of dialects
  • Danish: dialektforskning — study of dialects
  • Dutch: dialectologie — study of dialects
  • Estonian: dialektoloogia — study of dialects
  • Finnish: dialektologia — study of dialects
  • French: dialectologie — study of dialects
  • Galician: dialectoloxía — study of dialects
  • Georgian: დიალექტოლოგია (dialekṭologia) — study of dialects
  • German: Dialektologie — study of dialects
  • German: Mundartforschung — study of dialects
  • German: Dialektforschung — study of dialects
  • Greek: διαλεκτολογία (dialektología) — study of dialects
  • Hebrew: דיאלקטולוגיה (dialeqt'ologia) — study of dialects
  • Hungarian: dialektológia — study of dialects
  • Hungarian: nyelvjárástan — study of dialects
  • Icelandic: mállýskufræði — study of dialects
  • Italian: dialettologia — study of dialects
  • Japanese: 方言学 (hōgengaku) — study of dialects
  • Khmer: គ្រាមភាសាវិទ្យា (kriem phiesaa vityie) — study of dialects
  • Khmer: ប្រាក្រឹតវិទ្យា (bra kruet vityie) — study of dialects
  • Korean: 방언학 (bang'eonhak) — study of dialects
  • Latvian: dialektoloģija — study of dialects
  • Lithuanian: dialektològija — study of dialects
  • Lithuanian: tarmė́tyra — study of dialects
  • Macedonian: дијалектологија (dijalektologija) — study of dialects
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠮᠠᠨ ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠤ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (aman ayalɣu sudulul) — study of dialects
  • Mongolian: аман аялгуу судлал (aman ajalguu sudlal) — study of dialects
  • Norman: dgialectologie — study of dialects
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dialektologi — study of dialects
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dialektforsking — study of dialects
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dialektforskning — study of dialects
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dialektologi — study of dialects
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dialektforsking — study of dialects
  • Polish: dialektologia — study of dialects
  • Polish: gwaroznawstwo — study of dialects
  • Portuguese: dialetologia — study of dialects
  • Romagnol: dialetologì — study of dialects
  • Romagnol: dialetologèja — study of dialects
  • Romanian: dialectologie — study of dialects
  • Russian: диалектоло́гия (dialektológija) — study of dialects
  • Serbo-Croatian: дијалектологија — study of dialects
  • Serbo-Croatian: dijalektologija — study of dialects
  • Slovak: dialektológia — study of dialects
  • Slovene: dialektologija — study of dialects
  • Slovene: narečjeslovje — study of dialects
  • Upper Sorbian: dialektologija — study of dialects
  • Spanish: dialectología — study of dialects
  • Swedish: dialektforskning — study of dialects
  • Tagalog: palawikainan — study of dialects
  • Turkish: diyalektoloji — study of dialects
  • Turkish: lehçebilim — study of dialects
  • Ukrainian: діалектоло́гія (dialektolóhija) — study of dialects
  • Uzbek: dialektologiya — study of dialects
  • Vietnamese: thổ ngữ học — study of dialects
  • Vietnamese: phương ngữ học — study of dialects
  • Welsh: tafodieitheg — study of dialects
  • Yiddish: דיאַלעקטאָלאָגיע (dyalektologye) — study of dialects
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