campanology

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noun

The study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nouncampanology (usually uncountable, plural campanologies)

plural campanologies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ém-po-s
  3. Proto-Italic*kampos
  4. Latincampus
  5. LatinCampānia
  6. LatinCampānus
  7. Late Latincampāna
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. Englishcampanology

From Late Latin campāna (“bell”) + English -ology.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 鐘學 /钟学
  • 鐘學 /钟学 (zhōngxué)study of bells
Czech kampanologie
  • kampanologiestudy of bells
Danish campanologi
  • campanologistudy of bells
Dutch campanologie
  • campanologiestudy of bells
Finnish kampanologia
  • kampanologiastudy of bells
French campanologie
  • campanologiestudy of bells
German Campanologie, Kampanologie
  • Campanologiestudy of bells
  • Kampanologiestudy of bells
Greek καμπανολογία
  • καμπανολογία (kampanología)study of bells
Irish clingireacht
  • clingireachtstudy of bells
Italian campanologia
  • campanologiastudy of bells
Norwegian Bokmål kampanologi
  • kampanologistudy of bells
Polish kampanologia
  • kampanologiastudy of bells
Russian кампаноло́гия
  • кампаноло́гия (kampanológija)study of bells
Slovak kampanológia
  • kampanológiastudy of bells
Swedish kampanologi
  • kampanologistudy of bells
Cite this entry
APA

campanology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campanology

MLA

“campanology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campanology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “campanology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campanology.

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