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- [glo-tol-uh-jee]
- /glɒˈtɒl ə dʒi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [glo-tol-uh-jee]
- /glɒˈtɒl ə dʒi/
Definitions of glottology word
- noun glottology linguistics. 1
- noun glottology The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology. 1
- noun glottology the history or science of language 0
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Origin of glottology
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45; glotto- + -logy
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Glottology
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
glottology popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
glottology usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for glottology
noun glottology
- definer — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- glossographer — a glossator.
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- linguist — a specialist in linguistics.
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