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geomorphology

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of landforms, their classification, origin, development, and history.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morphology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geophysics, geophysical science

Narrower terms: tectonics, plate tectonics, plate tectonic theory, petrology, lithology

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English morphology English geomorphology From geo- + morphology.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geomorfologie — the study of landforms
  • Asturian: xeomorfoloxía — the study of landforms
  • Azerbaijani: geomorfologiya — the study of landforms
  • Belarusian: геамарфало́гія (hjeamarfalóhija) — the study of landforms
  • Bengali: ভূমিরূপবিদ্যা (bhumirupbidda) — the study of landforms
  • Catalan: geomorfologia — the study of landforms
  • Chinese: 地形學 /地形学 (tē-hêng-ha̍k) — the study of landforms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地貌學 /地貌学 (dìmàoxué) — the study of landforms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地形學 /地形学 (dìxíngxué) — the study of landforms
  • Czech: geomorfologie — the study of landforms
  • Danish: geomorfologi — the study of landforms
  • Dutch: geomorfologie — the study of landforms
  • Esperanto: geomorfologio — the study of landforms
  • Finnish: geomorfologia — the study of landforms
  • French: géomorphologie — the study of landforms
  • Galician: xeomorfoloxía — the study of landforms
  • Georgian: გეომორფოლოგია (geomorpologia) — the study of landforms
  • German: Geomorphologie — the study of landforms
  • Hindi: भू-आकृति विज्ञान (bhū-ākŕti vijñān) — the study of landforms
  • Hungarian: geomorfológia — the study of landforms
  • Hungarian: felszínalaktan — the study of landforms
  • Irish: geomoirfeolaíocht — the study of landforms
  • Italian: geomorfologia — the study of landforms
  • Japanese: 地形学 (chikeigaku) — the study of landforms
  • Kannada: ಭೂರೂಪಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (bhūrūpaśāstra) — the study of landforms
  • Kazakh: геоморфология (geomorfologiä) — the study of landforms
  • Korean: 지형학 (jihyeonghak) — the study of landforms
  • Kyrgyz: геоморфология (geomorfologiya) — the study of landforms
  • Malay: kaji bentuk bumi — the study of landforms
  • Malay: geomorfologi — the study of landforms
  • Norwegian Bokmål: geomorfologi — the study of landforms
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: geomorfologi — the study of landforms
  • Persian: ژئومورفولوژی — the study of landforms
  • Polish: geomorfologia — the study of landforms
  • Portuguese: geomorfologia — the study of landforms
  • Romanian: geomorfologie — the study of landforms
  • Russian: геоморфоло́гия (geomorfológija) — the study of landforms
  • Serbo-Croatian: geomorfologija — the study of landforms
  • Spanish: geomorfología — the study of landforms
  • Swedish: geomorfologi — the study of landforms
  • Tagalog: duanyuan — the study of landforms
  • Tagalog: heomorpolohiya — the study of landforms
  • Tajik: заминрехтшиносӣ (zaminrextšinosi) — the study of landforms
  • Tajik: геоморфология (geomorfologiya) — the study of landforms
  • Thai: ธรณีสัณฐานวิทยา — the study of landforms
  • Turkish: jeomorfoloji — the study of landforms
  • Ukrainian: геоморфоло́гія (heomorfolóhija) — the study of landforms
  • Vietnamese: địa mạo học — the study of landforms
  • Yakut: геоморфология (geomorfologiya) — the study of landforms