English Explanatory Dictionary

philology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages.
  2. Historical or comparative linguistics.
  3. Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

Pronunciation

/fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/ /fɪˈlɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-philology.wav /fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ /fɪˈlɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Word forms

philology philologies

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature”).

Synonyms

philology

Related words

logophilia classical studies higher criticism linguistics literary criticism lower criticism philosophy textual criticism :Category:en:Humanities Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 560. Language

Derived words

classical philology cognitive philology comparative philology philologaster philologer philologian philological philologically philologise philologist philologize piphilology textual philology

Translations

Afrikaans: filologie Albanian: filologji Arabic: فِقْهُ اللُّغَة Arabic: عِلْمُ فِقْهِ اللُّغَة Armenian: բանասիրություն Asturian: filoloxía Belarusian: філало́гія Belarusian: філёлё́гія Bulgarian: филоло́гия Burmese: ဝေါဟာရဗေဒ Catalan: filologia Chinese Mandarin: 文字學 /文字学 Chinese Mandarin: 語文學 /语文学 Czech: filologie Danish: filologi Dutch: filologie Esperanto: filologio Estonian: filoloogia Faroese: málfrøði Finnish: filologia French: philologie Old French: philologie Galician: filoloxía Georgian: ფილოლოგია German: Philologie Greek: φιλολογία Ancient Greek: φιλολογία Hebrew: פִילוֹלוֹגְיָה Hindi: भाषाशास्त्र Hungarian: filológia Icelandic: textafræði Ido: filologio Indonesian: filologi Interlingua: philologia Irish: focleolaíocht Italian: filologia Japanese: 文献学 Khmer: និរុត្តិសាស្ត្រ Korean: 문헌학 Latvian: filoloģija Lithuanian: filologija Macedonian: филоло́гија Malay: کاجي بهاس Malay: فيلولوݢي Malay: kaji bahasa Malay: filologi
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