phonological

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UK/ˌfɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/UK/ˌfəʊ̯nəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/Atlantic Canada, US/ˌfɑnəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/Atlantic Canada, US/ˌfoʊ̯nəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/

adjective

Of or relating to phonology.

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivephonological (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to phonology.
    3 more examples

    [...] Phonological competence is also reflected in intuitions about phonological structure: any English speaker intuitively feels, for example, that the sequence 'black bird' can either be a single phonological word (BLACKbird, with primary stress on black = a species of bird, like thrush, robin, etc.), or two independent phonological words (BLACK BIRD or black BIRD = bird which is black, as opposed to 'white bird', 'yellow bird', etc.).

    1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 5

    I am not pleased with one or two of the noun cases (they are too similar to others) and I want to change the way that the Focus category (see Section 3.5 of the grammar) is manifested (using word-order instead of an infix or other phonological marker). All in all, the language is structured almost exactly as I wanted.

    2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 6

    Each language has its own distinct phonological qualities which a counter can tap into with effect. It is not necessarily specific phonemes (though these can sometimes be diagnostic), but rather the frequency and phonotactic distribution of each disparate set of phonemes that go together in the speech stream in certain recognisable ways.

    2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10
  2. not comparablePertaining to the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, and accent.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to phonology

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  3. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  4. Englishphono-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  8. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  9. Englishphonology
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishphonological

From phonology + -ical.

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Translations

Afrikaans fonologies
  • fonologiesof or relating to phonology
Catalan fonològic
  • fonològicof or relating to phonology
Czech fonologický
  • fonologickýof or relating to phonology
Danish fonologisk
  • fonologiskof or relating to phonology
Dutch fonologisch
  • fonologischof or relating to phonology
Finnish fonologinen, äänneopillinen
  • fonologinenof or relating to phonology
  • äänneopillinenof or relating to phonology
French phonologique
  • phonologiqueof or relating to phonology
German phonologisch
  • phonologischof or relating to phonology
Greek φωνολογικός
  • φωνολογικός (fonologikós)of or relating to phonology
Irish fóineolaíoch
  • fóineolaíochof or relating to phonology
Italian fonologico
  • fonologicoof or relating to phonology
Latvian fonoloģisks
  • fonoloģisksof or relating to phonology
Polish fonologiczny
  • fonologicznyof or relating to phonology
Portuguese fonológico
  • fonológicoof or relating to phonology
Romanian fonologic
  • fonologicof or relating to phonology
Russian фонологи́ческий
  • фонологи́ческий (fonologíčeskij)of or relating to phonology
Spanish fonológico
  • fonológicoof or relating to phonology
Swedish fonologisk, fonematisk
  • fonologiskof or relating to phonology
  • fonematiskof or relating to phonology
Tagalog tinigin, dalubtinigin
  • tiniginof or relating to phonology
  • dalubtiniginof or relating to phonology
Yiddish פֿאָנאָלאָגיש
  • פֿאָנאָלאָגיש (fonologish)of or relating to phonology

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

phonological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonological

MLA

“phonological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonological. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phonological,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonological.

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