adj · 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌfɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌfəʊ̯nəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:F OW2 N AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to phonology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, and accent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to phonology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the phonological component of language
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phonologic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English phonology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English phonological From phonology + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
fonologies
— of or relating to phonology
Armenian:
հնչույթաբանական
(hnčʻuytʻabanakan)
— of or relating to phonology
Asturian:
fonolóxicu
— of or relating to phonology
Azerbaijani:
fonoloji
— of or relating to phonology
Catalan:
fonològic
— of or relating to phonology
Czech:
fonologický
— of or relating to phonology
Danish:
fonologisk
— of or relating to phonology
Dutch:
fonologisch
— of or relating to phonology
Finnish:
fonologinen
— of or relating to phonology
Finnish:
äänneopillinen
— of or relating to phonology
French:
phonologique
— of or relating to phonology
Galician:
fonolóxico
— of or relating to phonology
Georgian:
ფონოლოგიური
(ponologiuri)
— of or relating to phonology
German:
phonologisch
— of or relating to phonology
Greek:
φωνολογικός
(fonologikós)
— of or relating to phonology
Interlingua:
phonologic
— of or relating to phonology
Irish:
fóineolaíoch
— of or relating to phonology
Italian:
fonologico
— of or relating to phonology
Latvian:
fonoloģisks
— of or relating to phonology
Polish:
fonologiczny
— of or relating to phonology
Portuguese:
fonológico
— of or relating to phonology
Romanian:
fonologic
— of or relating to phonology
Russian:
фонологи́ческий
(fonologíčeskij)
— of or relating to phonology
Serbo-Croatian:
фоно̀лошкӣ
— of or relating to phonology
Serbo-Croatian:
fonòloškī
— of or relating to phonology
Spanish:
fonológico
— of or relating to phonology
Swedish:
fonologisk
— of or relating to phonology
Swedish:
fonematisk
— of or relating to phonology
Tagalog:
tinigin
— of or relating to phonology
Tagalog:
dalubtinigin
— of or relating to phonology
Yiddish:
פֿאָנאָלאָגיש
(fonologish)
— of or relating to phonology