Meanings
noundialectology (usually uncountable, plural dialectologies)
plural dialectologies
- uncountableusuallyThe study of dialects.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
- Proto-Hellenic*légō
- Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
- Ancient Greekδιαλέγομαι (dialégomai)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)
- Latindialecto
- Middle Frenchdialecte
- Englishdialect
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishdialectology
Translations
Afrikaans dialektologie, variasietaalkunde
- dialektologiestudy of dialects
- variasietaalkundestudy of dialects
Arabic عِلْم اللَّهْجَات
- عِلْم اللَّهْجَات (ʕilm al-lahjāt)study of dialects
Bengali উপভাষাতত্ত্ব
- উপভাষাতত্ত্ব (upobhaśatotto)study of dialects
Bulgarian диалектоло́гия
- диалектоло́гия (dialektológija)study of dialects
Catalan dialectologia
- dialectologiastudy of dialects
Chinese Mandarin 方言學 /方言学
- 方言學 /方言学 (fāngyánxué)study of dialects
Czech dialektologie
- dialektologiestudy of dialects
Danish dialektologi, dialektforskning
- dialektologistudy of dialects
- dialektforskningstudy of dialects
Dutch dialectologie
- dialectologiestudy of dialects
Estonian dialektoloogia
- dialektoloogiastudy of dialects
Finnish dialektologia
- dialektologiastudy of dialects
French dialectologie
- dialectologiestudy of dialects
German Dialektologie, Mundartforschung
- Dialektologiestudy of dialects
- Mundartforschungstudy of dialects
- Dialektforschungstudy of dialects
Greek διαλεκτολογία
- διαλεκτολογία (dialektología)study of dialects
Hebrew דיאלקטולוגיה
- דיאלקטולוגיה (dialeqt'ologia)study of dialects
Hungarian dialektológia, nyelvjárástan
- dialektológiastudy of dialects
- nyelvjárástanstudy of dialects
Icelandic mállýskufræði
- mállýskufræðistudy of dialects
Italian dialettologia
- dialettologiastudy of dialects
Japanese 方言学
- 方言学 (hōgengaku)study of dialects
Korean 방언학
- 방언학 (bang'eonhak)study of dialects
Latvian dialektoloģija
- dialektoloģijastudy of dialects
Lithuanian dialektològija, tarmė́tyra
- dialektològijastudy of dialects
- tarmė́tyrastudy of dialects
Norwegian Bokmål dialektologi, dialektforsking
- dialektologistudy of dialects
- dialektforskingstudy of dialects
- dialektforskningstudy of dialects
Polish dialektologia, gwaroznawstwo
- dialektologiastudy of dialects
- gwaroznawstwostudy of dialects
Portuguese dialetologia
- dialetologiastudy of dialects
Romanian dialectologie
- dialectologiestudy of dialects
Russian диалектоло́гия
- диалектоло́гия (dialektológija)study of dialects
Slovak dialektológia
- dialektológiastudy of dialects
Spanish dialectología
- dialectologíastudy of dialects
Swedish dialektforskning
- dialektforskningstudy of dialects
Tagalog palawikainan
- palawikainanstudy of dialects
Turkish diyalektoloji, lehçebilim
- diyalektolojistudy of dialects
- lehçebilimstudy of dialects
Ukrainian діалектоло́гія
- діалектоло́гія (dialektolóhija)study of dialects
Vietnamese thổ ngữ học, phương ngữ học
- thổ ngữ họcstudy of dialects
- phương ngữ họcstudy of dialects
Welsh tafodieitheg
- tafodieithegstudy of dialects
Yiddish דיאַלעקטאָלאָגיע
- דיאַלעקטאָלאָגיע (dyalektologye)study of dialects
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dialectology
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
dialectology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialectology
MLA
“dialectology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialectology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dialectology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialectology.
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