noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anthropology
History
Etymology
From ethno- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
إِتْنُولُوجِيَة
(ʔitnūlūjiya)
— branch of anthropology
Breton:
tudoniezh
— branch of anthropology
Catalan:
etnologia
— branch of anthropology
Chinese Mandarin:
民族學 /民族学
(mínzúxué)
— branch of anthropology
Czech:
etnologie
— branch of anthropology
Danish:
etnologi
— branch of anthropology
Dutch:
volkskunde
— branch of anthropology
Dutch:
volkenkunde
— branch of anthropology
Esperanto:
etnologio
— branch of anthropology
Finnish:
etnologia
— branch of anthropology
Finnish:
kansatiede
— branch of anthropology
French:
ethnologie
— branch of anthropology
Georgian:
ეთნოლოგია
(etnologia)
— branch of anthropology
German:
Ethnologie
— branch of anthropology
German:
Völkerkunde
— branch of anthropology
Greek:
εθνολογία
(ethnología)
— branch of anthropology
Hungarian:
etnológia
— branch of anthropology
Hungarian:
összehasonlító/egyetemes néprajz
— branch of anthropology
Ido:
etnologio
— branch of anthropology
Indonesian:
etnologi
— branch of anthropology
Irish:
eitneolaíocht
— branch of anthropology
Italian:
etnologia
— branch of anthropology
Japanese:
民族学
(minzokugaku)
— branch of anthropology
Kannada:
ನಾಡರಿಮೆ
(nāḍarime)
— branch of anthropology
Kazakh:
халықтану
(xalyqtanu)
— branch of anthropology
Korean:
민족학
(minjokhak)
— branch of anthropology
Northern Kurdish:
binyadnasî
— branch of anthropology
Latvian:
etnoloģija
— branch of anthropology
Malay:
kaji rumpun bangsa
— branch of anthropology
Malay:
etnologi
— branch of anthropology
Malayalam:
ഗോത്രവർഗ്ഗപഠനം
(gōtravaṟggapaṭhanaṁ)
— branch of anthropology
Polish:
etnologia
— branch of anthropology
Portuguese:
etnologia
— branch of anthropology
Romanian:
etnologie
— branch of anthropology
Russian:
этноло́гия
(etnológija)
— branch of anthropology
Russian:
народове́дение
(narodovédenije)
— branch of anthropology
Spanish:
etnología
— branch of anthropology
Swedish:
etnologi
— branch of anthropology
Tagalog:
dalublahian
— branch of anthropology
Tamil:
இனப்பண்பாட்டுயல்
(iṉappaṇpāṭṭuyal)
— branch of anthropology
Tamil:
இன ஒப்பாய்வியல்
(iṉa oppāyviyal)
— branch of anthropology
Telugu:
మానవజాతి శాస్త్రం
(mānavajāti śāstraṁ)
— branch of anthropology
Thai:
ชาติพันธุ์วิทยา
(chātiphạnṭhu̒withyā)
— branch of anthropology
Turkish:
budun bilimi
— branch of anthropology
Ukrainian:
етнологія
(etnolohija)
— branch of anthropology
Ukrainian:
народознавство
(narodoznavstvo)
— branch of anthropology
