noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒɪst
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noun
Meaning 1
A person who is skilled at, professes, or practices seismology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geophysicist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English seismology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English seismologist From seismology + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
zəlzələşünas
— person who practices seismology
Belarusian:
сейсмо́лаг
(sjejsmólah)
— person who practices seismology
Catalan:
sismòleg
— person who practices seismology
Danish:
seismolog
— person who practices seismology
Dutch:
seismoloog
— person who practices seismology
Dutch:
seismologe
— person who practices seismology
Finnish:
seismologi
— person who practices seismology
French:
seismologiste
— person who practices seismology
German:
Seismologe
— person who practices seismology
German:
Seismologin
— person who practices seismology
Greek:
σεισμολόγος
(seismológos)
— person who practices seismology
Hindi:
भूकम्पविज्ञानी
(bhūkampavijñānī)
— person who practices seismology
Icelandic:
jarðskjálftafræðingur
— person who practices seismology
Icelandic:
skjálftafræðingur
— person who practices seismology
Indonesian:
seismologiwan
— person who practices seismology
Indonesian:
seismolog
— person who practices seismology
Irish:
seismeolaí
— person who practices seismology
Italian:
sismologo
— person who practices seismology
Italian:
sismologa
— person who practices seismology
Latin:
seismologista
— person who practices seismology
Latin:
seismologistus
— person who practices seismology
Norwegian Bokmål:
seismolog
— person who practices seismology
Norwegian Nynorsk:
seismolog
— person who practices seismology
Persian:
زلزلهشناس
(zelzele-šenâs)
— person who practices seismology
Polish:
sejsmolog
— person who practices seismology
Portuguese:
sismólogo
— person who practices seismology
Portuguese:
sismologista
— person who practices seismology
Romanian:
seismolog
— person who practices seismology
Romanian:
seismologă
— person who practices seismology
Russian:
сейсмо́лог
(sejsmólog)
— person who practices seismology
Spanish:
sismólogo
— person who practices seismology
Swedish:
seismolog
— person who practices seismology
Tajik:
зилзилашинос
(zilzilašinos)
— person who practices seismology
Ukrainian:
сейсмо́лог
(sejsmóloh)
— person who practices seismology
Uzbek:
zilzilashunos
— person who practices seismology
