noun · 6 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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/taɪˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
CMU ARPABET:T AY2 P OW1 L AH0 G IH2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
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 systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree English type Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English typology From type + -ology.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
тыпало́гія
(typalóhija)
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Bulgarian:
типология
(tipologija)
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Catalan:
tipologia
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Chinese Mandarin:
類型學 /类型学
(lèixíngxué)
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Danish:
typologi
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Dutch:
typologie
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Finnish:
typologia
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
French:
typologie
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Georgian:
ტიპოლოგია
(ṭiṗologia)
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Indonesian:
tipologi
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Italian:
tipologia
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Latvian:
tipoloģija
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Portuguese:
tipologia
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Russian:
типоло́гия
(tipológija)
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Serbo-Croatian:
tipologija
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Spanish:
tipología
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Turkmen:
tipologiýa
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Ukrainian:
типоло́гія
(typolóhija)
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Welsh:
teipoleg
— systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Dutch:
typologie
— result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Finnish:
typologia
— result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
French:
typologie
— result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Latvian:
tipoloģija
— result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Portuguese:
tipologia
— result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Serbo-Croatian:
tipologija
— result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Albanian:
tipologji
— classification of languages
Chinese Mandarin:
語言類型學 /语言类型学
— classification of languages
Danish:
typologi
— classification of languages
Dutch:
taaltypologie
— classification of languages
Dutch:
typologie
— classification of languages
Finnish:
typologia
— classification of languages
French:
typologie
— classification of languages
Khmer:
បែបវិទ្យា
(baepvityiə)
— classification of languages
Serbo-Croatian:
tipologija
— classification of languages
Swedish:
språktypologi
— classification of languages
