geology

English

Etymology

From Modern Latin geōlogia, from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -logia (“the study of”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: jē-ŏlʹə-jē, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɑl.ə.dʒi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
• Hyphenation: ge‧o‧lo‧gy

Noun

geology (countable and uncountable, plural geologies)

1. The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
2. The geological structure of a region.

   The geology of the Alps.

Meronyms

• petrology

Derived terms

• astrogeology
• biogeology
• exogeology
• flood geology
• geobiology
• geo-eschatology
• geohydrology
• geologic
• geological
• geologist
• hydrogeology
• microgeology
• nongeology
• paleogeology
• petrogeology
• photogeology
• planetary geology
• radiogeology

 

Translations

the study of the earth

• Afrikaans: geologie (af)
• Albanian: gjeologji (sq)
• Arabic: جِيُولُوجِيَا (ar) f (jiyulūjiyā), عِلْم اَلْأَرْض m (ʕilm al-ʔarḍ), عِلْم اَلْإِرَاضَة m (ʕilm al-ʔirāḍa)
• Aragonese: cheolochía f
• Armenian: երկրաբանություն (hy) (erkrabanutʻyun)
• Assamese: ভূতত্ত্ব (bhutottto)
• Asturian: xeoloxía f
• Azerbaijani: geologiya (az)
• Basque: geologia (eu)
• Belarusian: геало́гія f (hjealóhija)
• Bulgarian: геоло́гия f (geológija)
• Burmese: ဘူမိဗေဒ (my) (bhumi.beda.)
• Catalan: geologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地質／地质 (zh) (dìzhì), 地質學／地质学 (zh) (dìzhìxué)

• Czech: geologie (cs) f
• Danish: geologi (da) c
• Dinka: piööckätöupiny
• Dutch: geologie (nl) f, aardkunde (nl) f
• Esperanto: geologio (eo)
• Estonian: geoloogia
• Faroese: jarðfrøði f
• Finnish: geologia (fi)
• French: géologie (fr) f
• Friulian: gjeologjie f
• Galician: xeoloxía (gl) f
• Georgian: გეოლოგია (geologia)
• German: Geologie (de) f
• Greek: γεωλογία (el) f (geología)
• Haitian Creole: jewoloji
• Hebrew: גֵּאוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (geológya)
• Hindi: भूविज्ञान m (bhūvijñān), भौमिकी f (bhaumikī)
• Hungarian: geológia (hu), földtan (hu)
• Icelandic: jarðfræði (is) f
• Ido: geologio (io)
• Indonesian: geologi (id)
• Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᖅ (nonaliriniq)
• Irish: geolaíocht f
• Italian: geologia (it) f
• Japanese: 地質学 (ja) (ちしつがく, chishitsugaku)
• Kannada: ಭೂರಚನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (bhūracanaśāstra)
• Kazakh: геология (geologiä)
• Khmer: ធរណីវិទ្យា (thor rok ni vit tyea)
• Korean: 지질학(地質學) (ko) (jijilhak)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زەویناسی (zewînasî)

• Kyrgyz: геология (ky) (geologiya)
• Lao: ທອຣະນີວິທະຍາ (thǭ ra nī wi tha nyā), ທອລະນີວິທະຍາ (thǭ la nī wi tha nyā)
• Latin: geologia f
• Latvian: ģeoloģija f
• Lithuanian: geologija f, žemėtyra f
• Macedonian: геологија f (geologija)
• Malay: geologi (ms), kaji bumi
• Maltese: ġeoloġija f
• Maori: mātai aronuku
• Marathi: भुरचनाशास्त्र (bhuracnāśāstra)
• Mongolian: геологи (mn) (geologi)
• Navajo: nahasdzáán naalkaah
• Norwegian: geologi (no) m
• Occitan: geologia (oc) f
• Persian: زمین‌شناسی (zamin-šenâsi)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: jiolojii
• Polish: geologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: geologia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਭੂਵਿਵਗਆਨ (bhūvivgaāna)
• Romanian: geologie (ro) f

  Cyrillic: ӂеолоӂие f (geologie)

• Russian: геоло́гия (ru) f (geológija)
• Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-talmhainn m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: геологија f

  Roman: geologija (sh) f

• Sicilian: gioluggìa f
• Sindhi: ڀون ڀياس (sd) m
• Slovak: geológia (sk) f
• Slovene: geologija (sl) f
• Spanish: geología (es) f
• Swahili: jiolojia (sw)
• Swedish: geologi (sv)
• Tagalog: paladutaan, dutaan
• Tajik: геология (tg) (geologiya)
• Tatar: геология (geoloğiyä)
• Thai: ธรณีวิทยา (th) (tɔɔ-rá-nii-wít-tá-yaa)
• Turkish: jeoloji (tr), yerbilim (tr)
• Turkmen: geologiýa
• Ukrainian: геоло́гія (uk) f (heolóhija)
• Vietnamese: địa chất học (vi) (地質學)
• Walloon: djeyolodjeye (wa) f
• Yiddish: געאָלאָגיע f (geologye)

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