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oenology

noun · 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: ē'nŏl-ə-jē
  • UK: /iˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • US: ē'nŏ-lə-jē
  • US: /iˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The scientific study of wines and winemaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vinology, winelore

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the art of wine making

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: art, artistry, prowess

History

Etymology

From oeno- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գինեգիտություն (ginegitutʻyun) — scientific study of wines
  • Armenian: էնոլոգիա (ēnologia) — scientific study of wines
  • Basque: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • Belarusian: энало́гія (enalóhija) — scientific study of wines
  • Bulgarian: еноло́гия (enológija) — scientific study of wines
  • Catalan: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釀酒學 /酿酒学 (niàngjiǔ xué) — scientific study of wines
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葡萄酒工藝學 /葡萄酒工艺学 (pútáojiǔ gōngyì xué) — scientific study of wines
  • Czech: enologie — scientific study of wines
  • Danish: ønologi — scientific study of wines
  • Dutch: oenologie — scientific study of wines
  • Esperanto: vinologio — scientific study of wines
  • Finnish: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • French: œnologie — scientific study of wines
  • Friulian: enologjie — scientific study of wines
  • Galician: enoloxía — scientific study of wines
  • Georgian: ენოლოგია (enologia) — scientific study of wines
  • German: Weinwissenschaft — scientific study of wines
  • German: Önologie — scientific study of wines
  • German: Kellerwirtschaft — scientific study of wines
  • German: Weinbau — scientific study of wines
  • German: Weinkunde — scientific study of wines
  • Greek: οινολογία (oinología) — scientific study of wines
  • Hindi: हालाशास्त्र (hālāśāstra) — scientific study of wines
  • Hungarian: önológia — scientific study of wines
  • Hungarian: borászat — scientific study of wines
  • Hungarian: szőlészet — scientific study of wines
  • Italian: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • Japanese: 葡萄酒学 (budōshugaku) — scientific study of wines
  • Kazakh: шараптану (şaraptanu) — scientific study of wines
  • Kazakh: энология (énologiä) — scientific study of wines
  • Luxembourgish: Önologie — scientific study of wines
  • Macedonian: енологија (enologija) — scientific study of wines
  • Neapolitan: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ønologi — scientific study of wines
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ønologi — scientific study of wines
  • Occitan: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • Polish: winoznawstwo — scientific study of wines
  • Polish: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • Portuguese: enologia — scientific study of wines
  • Romanian: enologie — scientific study of wines
  • Russian: эноло́гия (enológija) — scientific study of wines
  • Slovak: enológia — scientific study of wines
  • Slovene: enologija — scientific study of wines
  • Spanish: enología — scientific study of wines
  • Swedish: vinberedningskonst — scientific study of wines
  • Ukrainian: енологія (enolohija) — scientific study of wines
  • Venetan: enołogia — scientific study of wines
  • Waray-Waray: enolohiya — scientific study of wines