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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US:/ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌiːd͡ʒɪpˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
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CMU ARPABET:IY2 JH AH0 P T AA1 L AH0 JH IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Egyptology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncommon
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2
noun
Meaning 2
The study of ancient Egypt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A work concerning ancient Egypt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: archeology, archaeology
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Egypto- 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 Egyptology From Egypto- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عِلْم اَلْمِصْرِيَّات
(ʕilm al-miṣriyyāt)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Azerbaijani:
misirşünaslıq
— the study of ancient Egypt
Catalan:
egiptologia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Chinese Mandarin:
埃及學 /埃及学
(āijíxué)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Czech:
egyptologie
— the study of ancient Egypt
Dutch:
egyptologie
— the study of ancient Egypt
Esperanto:
egiptologio
— the study of ancient Egypt
Estonian:
egüptoloogia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Finnish:
egyptologia
— the study of ancient Egypt
French:
égyptologie
— the study of ancient Egypt
Galician:
exiptoloxía
— the study of ancient Egypt
German:
Ägyptologie
— the study of ancient Egypt
Greek:
αιγυπτιολογία
(aigyptiología)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Hungarian:
egyiptológia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Ido:
egiptologio
— the study of ancient Egypt
Irish:
Éigipteolaíocht
— the study of ancient Egypt
Italian:
egittologia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Kazakh:
мысыртану
(mysyrtanu)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Khmer:
អេហ្សីបវិទ្យា
(eeziip vityie)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Latin:
aegyptologia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Macedonian:
египтоло́гија
(egiptológija)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Malay:
kaji Mesir purba
— the study of ancient Egypt
Norwegian Bokmål:
egyptologi
— the study of ancient Egypt
Persian:
مصرشناسی
(mesr-šenâsi)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Polish:
egiptologia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Portuguese:
egiptologia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Russian:
египтоло́гия
(jegiptológija)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Slovak:
egyptológia
— the study of ancient Egypt
Spanish:
egiptología
— the study of ancient Egypt
Swedish:
egyptologi
— the study of ancient Egypt
Tajik:
мисршиносӣ
(misršinosi)
— the study of ancient Egypt
Uzbek:
misrshunoslik
— the study of ancient Egypt
Vietnamese:
Ai Cập học
— the study of ancient Egypt
