English Explanatory Dictionary

phonology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.
  2. The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language.

Pronunciation

/fəˈnɒləd͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phonology.wav /fəˈnɑləd͡ʒi/ /foʊ-/ /fəˈnɔləd͡ʒi/ [fəˈnɔ̟ləd͡ʒi]

Word forms

phonology phonologies

Etymology

From phono- (prefix denoting sound) + -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning, or a study of a particular subject).

Synonyms

orthoepy soundlore

Related words

phonemics phonics tonology

Derived words

articulatory phonology lexicophonology metaphonology morphonology morphophonology phonologer phonologic phonological phonologically phonologise phonologize phonologist sociophonology
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