chronology

English

Etymology

From chrono- (“relating to time”) +‎ -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

chronology (countable and uncountable, plural chronologies)

(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

Coordinate terms

horology

Derived terms

astrochronology
biochronology
chronological
chronologically
chronologicity
cosmochronology
dendrochronology
geochronology
glottochronology
gyrochronology
magnetochronology
mensiochronology
nucleocosmochronology
ptilochronology
radiochronology
sclerochronology
skeletochronology
synchronology
tephrochronology
thermochronology

Related terms

chronicle, which see for more
chronograph

Translations

determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)

Albanian: kronologjia f
Arabic: تَارِيخ‎ (ar) m (tārīḵ)
Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (hy) (žamanakagrutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: xronologiya
Basque: kronologia
Belarusian: хранало́гія f (xranalóhija)
Bengali: কালনিরূপণবিদ্যা (kalnirūpôṇbidẏa)
Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (bg) f (hronológija)
Catalan: cronologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 年表 (zh) (niánbiǎo)
Czech: chronologie (cs) f
Danish: kronologi c
Dutch: chronologie (nl) f
Esperanto: kronologio
Estonian: kronoloogia
Finnish: kronologia (fi)
French: chronologie (fr) f
Galician: cronoloxía f
Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia)
German: Chronologie (de) f
Greek: χρονολογία (el) f (chronología)
Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה‎ (he) f (khronológya)
Hindi: कालक्रम विज्ञान m (kālakram vigyān)
Hungarian: kronológia (hu)
Icelandic: tímatalsfræði f
Ido: kronologio (io)
Indonesian: kronologi (id)
Italian: cronologia (it) f
Japanese: 編年 (へんねん, hennen)
Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama), хронология (xronologiä)
Khmer: កាលប្បវត្តិវិទ្យា (kaal prɑvŏət vicciə)
Korean: 연대학(年代學) (yeondaehak), 년대학(年代學) (nyeondaehak) (North Korea)
Kyrgyz: хронология (ky) (hronologiya)
Latvian: hronoloģija f
Lithuanian: chronologija f
Macedonian: хронологија f (hronologija)
Malay: kronologi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kronologi m
Nynorsk: kronologi m
Persian: گاهشناسی‎ (gāhšenasī)
Polish: chronologia (pl) f
Portuguese: cronologia (pt) f
Romanian: cronologie (ro) f
Russian: хроноло́гия (ru) f (xronológija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хроноло̀гија f (Bosnia, Serbia), кроноло̀гија f (Croatia)
Roman: hronològija f (Bosnia, Serbia), kronològija (sh) f (Croatia)
Slovak: chronológia (sk) f
Slovene: kronologija (sl) f
Spanish: cronología (es) f
Swedish: kronologi (sv) c
Thai: วิทยาการลำดับเวลา (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-lam-dàp-wee-laa)
Turkish: kronoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (uk) f (xronolóhija)
Uzbek: xronologiya (uz)
Vietnamese: niên đại học (年代學)

arrangement into chronological order

Albanian: kronologjia f
Arabic: تَسَلْسُل زَمَنِيّ‎ (tasalsul zamaniyy)
Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (hy) (žamanakagrutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: xronologiya
Basque: kronologia
Belarusian: хранало́гія f (xranalóhija)
Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (bg) f (hronológija)
Catalan: cronologia (ca) f
Czech: chronologie (cs) f
Danish: kronologi c, kronologisk rækkefølge c
Dutch: chronologie (nl) f, tijdsorde (nl) f, tijdrekenkunde f, tijdrekening (nl) f
Estonian: kronoloogia
Finnish: kronologia (fi)
French: chronologie (fr) f
Galician: cronoloxía f
Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia)
German: Chronologie (de) f, Zeitordnung f, Zeitmessung f, Zeitrechnung (de) f
Greek: χρονολόγηση (el) f (chronológisi)
Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה‎ (he) f (khronológya)
Hungarian: időrend (hu), kronológia (hu)
Icelandic: tímatal n, tímasetning f
Indonesian: kronologi (id)
Italian: cronologia (it) f
Japanese: 年表 (ねんぴょう, nenpyō)
Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama)
Latvian: hronoloģija f
Lithuanian: chronologija f
Malay: kronologi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kronologi m
Nynorsk: kronologi m
Polish: chronologia (pl) f
Portuguese: cronologia (pt) f
Romanian: cronologie (ro) f
Russian: хроноло́гия (ru) f (xronológija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хроноло̀гија f (Bosnia, Serbia), кроноло̀гија f (Croatia)
Roman: hronològija f (Bosnia, Serbia), kronològija (sh) f (Croatia)
Slovak: chronológia (sk) f
Slovene: kronologija (sl) f
Spanish: cronología (es) f
Swedish: kronologi (sv) c, kronologisk ordning (sv) c, tidsordning c
Turkish: kronoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (uk) f (xronolóhija)
Yiddish: כראָנאָלאָגיע‎ f (khronologye)

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} chronologia