Meanings
nountypology (countable and uncountable, plural typologies)
plural typologies
- The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.
- countableuncountablearchaeologyClassification of artefacts according to their characteristics.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesClassification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).
Origin
- Englishtype
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishtypology
Translations
Bulgarian типология
- типология (tipologija)systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Catalan tipologia
- tipologiasystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Chinese Mandarin 語言類型學 /语言类型学, 類型學 /类型学
- 語言類型學 /语言类型学classification of languages
- 類型學 /类型学 (lèixíngxué)systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Danish typologi, typologi
- typologiclassification of languages
- typologisystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Dutch taaltypologie, typologie
- taaltypologieclassification of languages
- typologieclassification of languages
- typologiesystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
- typologieresult of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Finnish typologia, typologia
- typologiaclassification of languages
- typologiasystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
- typologiaresult of the classification of things according to their characteristics
French typologie, typologie
- typologieclassification of languages
- typologiesystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
- typologieresult of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Indonesian tipologi
- tipologisystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Italian tipologia
- tipologiasystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Latvian tipoloģija, tipoloģija
- tipoloģijasystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
- tipoloģijaresult of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Portuguese tipologia, tipologia
- tipologiadoctrine of Scriptural types
- tipologiastudy of symbolic representation, especially of Scripture types
- tipologiasystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
- tipologiaresult of the classification of things according to their characteristics
Russian типоло́гия
- типоло́гия (tipológija)systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Spanish tipología
- tipologíasystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Swedish språktypologi
- språktypologiclassification of languages
Ukrainian типоло́гія
- типоло́гія (typolóhija)systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Welsh teipoleg
- teipolegsystematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with typology
technologypsychologybiologymethodologyecologypathologypharmacologytheologyastrologygeologyanthropologyarchaeologymythologyradiologytopologyanthologynanotechnologyideologyneurologycardiologydermatologymorphologyontologyapology
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Cite this entry
APA
typology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typology
MLA
“typology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typology.
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