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phonological

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfəʊ̯nəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌfɑnəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌfoʊ̯nəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌfɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ of the US
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌfoʊ̯nəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌfɔnəˈlɔd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Australian: /ˌfəʉ̯nəˈlɔd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • rhymes with -ɒdʒɪkəl
  • 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
Real reading context

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