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geologic

adj · 2 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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  • UK: /ˌdʒiː.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌd͡ʒi.əˈlɑdʒ.ɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɒdʒɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY2 AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to geology or a geologic time scale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: geological

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or based on geology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • geological formations
  • geologic forces

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: geological

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From geology + -ic, perhaps after French géologique.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երկրաբանական (erkrabanakan) — relating to geology
  • Asturian: xeolóxicu — relating to geology
  • Belarusian: геалагі́чны (hjealahíčny) — relating to geology
  • Catalan: geològic — relating to geology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地質的 /地质的 (dìzhì de) — relating to geology
  • Czech: geologický — relating to geology
  • Danish: geologisk — relating to geology
  • Dutch: geologisch — relating to geology
  • Dutch: aardkundig — relating to geology
  • Esperanto: geologia — relating to geology
  • Estonian: geoloogiline — relating to geology
  • Finnish: maantieteellinen — relating to geology
  • Finnish: geologinen — relating to geology
  • French: géologique — relating to geology
  • Galician: xeolóxico — relating to geology
  • Georgian: გეოლოგიური (geologiuri) — relating to geology
  • German: geologisch — relating to geology
  • Hindi: भूवैज्ञानिक (bhūvaijñānik) — relating to geology
  • Hungarian: geológiai — relating to geology
  • Icelandic: jarðfræðilegur — relating to geology
  • Italian: geologico — relating to geology
  • Latvian: ģeoloģisks — relating to geology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: geologisk — relating to geology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: geologisk — relating to geology
  • Occitan: geologic — relating to geology
  • Polish: geologiczny — relating to geology
  • Portuguese: geológico — relating to geology
  • Romanian: geologic — relating to geology
  • Russian: геологи́ческий (geologíčeskij) — relating to geology
  • Serbo-Croatian: geološki — relating to geology
  • Slovene: geološki — relating to geology
  • Spanish: geológico — relating to geology
  • Swedish: geologisk — relating to geology
  • Ukrainian: геологі́чний (heolohíčnyj) — relating to geology
  • Yiddish: געאָלאָגיש (geologish) — relating to geology
Real reading context

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