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geology

noun · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
  • Canada, US: jē-ŏʹlə-jē
  • Canada, US: /d͡ʒiˈɑ.lə.dʒi/
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  • Australian, New-Zealand: /d͡ʒiˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY0 AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The science that studies the structure of the Earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The geological structure of a region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the geology of the Alps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: earth science

Narrower terms: hypsography, paleogeology, palaeogeology, geophysics, geophysical science, orology, orography, stratigraphy, mineralogy, speleology, spelaeology, economic geology

History

Etymology

From geo- + -logy, partly after Renaissance Latin geōlogia, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + Latin -logia (“the study of”), from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía).

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geologie — the study of the Earth
  • Albanian: gjeologjí — the study of the Earth
  • Albanian: gjeologjía — the study of the Earth
  • Arabic: جِيُولُوجِيَا (jiyulūjiyā) — the study of the Earth
  • Arabic: عِلْم اَلْأَرْض (ʕilm al-ʔarḍ) — the study of the Earth
  • Arabic: عِلْم اَلْإِرَاضَة (ʕilm al-ʔirāḍa) — the study of the Earth
  • Aragonese: cheolochía — the study of the Earth
  • Armenian: երկրաբանություն (erkrabanutʻyun) — the study of the Earth
  • Aromanian: gheologhii — the study of the Earth
  • Assamese: ভূতত্ত্ব (bhutottto) — the study of the Earth
  • Asturian: xeoloxía — the study of the Earth
  • Azerbaijani: geologiya — the study of the Earth
  • Basque: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • Belarusian: геало́гія (hjealóhija) — the study of the Earth
  • Bulgarian: геоло́гия (geológija) — the study of the Earth
  • Burmese: ဘူမိဗေဒ (bhumi.beda.) — the study of the Earth
  • Catalan: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地質 /地质 (dìzhì) — the study of the Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地質學 /地质学 (dìzhìxué) — the study of the Earth
  • Czech: geologie — the study of the Earth
  • Danish: geologi — the study of the Earth
  • Dinka: piööckätöupiny — the study of the Earth
  • Dutch: geologie — the study of the Earth
  • Dutch: aardkunde — the study of the Earth
  • Esperanto: geologio — the study of the Earth
  • Estonian: geoloogia — the study of the Earth
  • Faroese: jarðfrøði — the study of the Earth
  • Finnish: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • French: géologie — the study of the Earth
  • Friulian: gjeologjie — the study of the Earth
  • Galician: xeoloxía — the study of the Earth
  • Georgian: გეოლოგია (geologia) — the study of the Earth
  • German: Geologie — the study of the Earth
  • Greek: γεωλογία (geología) — the study of the Earth
  • Haitian Creole: jewoloji — the study of the Earth
  • Hebrew: גֵּאוֹלוֹגְיָה (geológya) — the study of the Earth
  • Hindi: भूविज्ञान (bhūvijñān) — the study of the Earth
  • Hungarian: geológia — the study of the Earth
  • Hungarian: földtan — the study of the Earth
  • Icelandic: jarðfræði — the study of the Earth
  • Ido: geologio — the study of the Earth
  • Indonesian: geologi — the study of the Earth
  • Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᖅ (nonaliriniq) — the study of the Earth
  • Irish: geolaíocht — the study of the Earth
  • Italian: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • Japanese: 地質学 (chishitsugaku) — the study of the Earth
  • Kannada: ಭೂರಚನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (bhūracanaśāstra) — the study of the Earth
  • Kazakh: геология (geologiä) — the study of the Earth
  • Khmer: ធរណីវិទ្យា (thor rok ni vit tyea) — the study of the Earth
  • Korean: 지질학 (jijilhak) — the study of the Earth
  • Central Kurdish: زەویناسی (zewînasî) — the study of the Earth
  • Kyrgyz: геология (geologiya) — the study of the Earth
  • Lao: ທອຣະນີວິທະຍາ (thǭ ra nī wi tha nyā) — the study of the Earth
  • Lao: ທອລະນີວິທະຍາ (thǭ la nī wi tha nyā) — the study of the Earth
  • Latin: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • Latvian: ģeoloģija — the study of the Earth
  • Lithuanian: geologija — the study of the Earth
  • Lithuanian: žemėtyra — the study of the Earth
  • Macedonian: геологија (geologija) — the study of the Earth
  • Malay: geologi — the study of the Earth
  • Malay: kaji bumi — the study of the Earth
  • Maltese: ġeoloġija — the study of the Earth
  • Māori: mātai aronuku — the study of the Earth
  • Marathi: भुरचनाशास्त्र (bhuracnāśāstra) — the study of the Earth
  • Mongolian: геологи (geologi) — the study of the Earth
  • Navajo: nahasdzáán naalkaah — the study of the Earth
  • Norwegian: geologi — the study of the Earth
  • Occitan: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґеолоґия (geologija) — the study of the Earth
  • Persian: زمینشناسی (zamin-šenâsi) — the study of the Earth
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: jiolojii — the study of the Earth
  • Pohnpeian: siolosi — the study of the Earth
  • Polish: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • Portuguese: geologia — the study of the Earth
  • Punjabi: ਭੂਵਿਵਗਆਨ (bhūvivgaāna) — the study of the Earth
  • Romanian: geologie — the study of the Earth
  • Romanian: ӂеолоӂие (geologie) — the study of the Earth
  • Russian: геоло́гия (geológija) — the study of the Earth
  • Sanskrit: भूविज्ञान (bhūvijñāna) — the study of the Earth
  • Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-talmhainn — the study of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: геологија — the study of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: geologija — the study of the Earth
  • Sicilian: gioluggìa — the study of the Earth
  • Sindhi: ڀون ڀياس (bhõ bhyās) — the study of the Earth
  • Slovak: geológia — the study of the Earth
  • Slovene: geologija — the study of the Earth
  • Spanish: geología — the study of the Earth
  • Swahili: jiolojia — the study of the Earth
  • Swedish: geologi — the study of the Earth
  • Tagalog: paladutaan — the study of the Earth
  • Tagalog: dutaan — the study of the Earth
  • Tajik: геология (geologiya) — the study of the Earth
  • Tamil: நிலவியல் (nilaviyal) — the study of the Earth
  • Tatar: геология (geologiyä) — the study of the Earth
  • Thai: ธรณีวิทยา (tɔɔ-rá-nii-wít-tá-yaa) — the study of the Earth
  • Tibetan: ས་ཁམས་རིག་པ (sa khams rig pa) — the study of the Earth
  • Turkish: jeoloji — the study of the Earth
  • Turkish: yerbilim — the study of the Earth
  • Turkmen: geologiýa — the study of the Earth
  • Ukrainian: геоло́гія (heolóhija) — the study of the Earth
  • Vietnamese: địa chất học — the study of the Earth
  • Volapük: talav — the study of the Earth
  • Walloon: djeyolodjeye — the study of the Earth
  • Yiddish: געאָלאָגיע (geologye) — the study of the Earth
Real reading context

geology in complete knowledge articles