genealogy

English

Alternative forms

geneology (common misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle English genealogie, genologie, genelogie, from Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/, /ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧al‧o‧gy

Noun

genealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)

(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
(countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
(uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

Synonyms

pedigree

Related terms

genealogical
genealogically
genealogist

Translations

descent of a person, family or group from ancestors

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: родосло́вие (bg) n (rodoslóvie)
Catalan: genealogia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: genealogie (cs) f
Danish: slægtsforskning n
Dutch: stamboom (nl)
Esperanto: genealogio
Finnish: sukupuu (fi)
French: généalogie (fr) f
Galician: xenealoxía f
Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) (genealogia)
German: Abstammung (de) f
Hungarian: származás (hu), leszármazás (hu)
Irish: ginealach m
Italian: genealogia (it) f
Japanese: 系統 (ja) (keitō)
Ladino: jenealojia
Latvian: ģenealoģija f
Lithuanian: genealogija f
Macedonian: родословие n (rodoslovie)
Maori: whāwhārua (via the female line), taotahi (via a single line), kōhikohiko (via selected ancestors only), whakapapa
Middle English: genelogie, kynrede
Norman: généalogie f
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Plautdietsch: Häakunft f
Polish: genealogia (pl) f, rodowód (pl) m
Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f (genealógija), родосло́вная (ru) f (rodoslóvnaja), родосло́вие (ru) n (rodoslóvije)
Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: rodoslovlje (sh) n, genealogija (sh) f
Spanish: genealogía (es) f
Swedish: härkomst (sv)
Tagalog: palamulaan
Welsh: achau f pl, achyddiaeth f

record or table of such descent

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: genealogia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 系谱 (zh) (xìpǔ), 系譜／系谱 (zh) (xìpǔ), 系譜／系谱 (zh) (xìpǔ)
Czech: genealogický strom m, rozrod m
Dutch: kwartierstaat, parenteel (nl), stamreeks, stamboom (nl), genealogie (nl)
Faroese: ættarbók f (biblical), ættartal n (genealogical table)
Finnish: sukupuu (fi)
French: généalogie (fr) f
Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) (genealogia)
German: Ahnentafel f
Hungarian: családfa (hu)
Italian: genealogia (it) f
Macedonian: родословие n (rodoslovie)
Norman: généalogie f
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: genealogia (pl) f
Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f (genealógija)
Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: rodoslovlje (sh) n, genealogija (sh) f
Spanish: genealogía (es) f
Swedish: stamtavla (sv)
Welsh: achyddiaeth f, achres f

study and recording of descents

Afrikaans: genealogie
Albanian: gjenealogjia
Arabic: علم الأنساب‎
Armenian: ծագումնաբանություն (hy) (cagumnabanutʿyun)
Asturian: xenealoxía
Azerbaijani: genealogiya
Bashkir: генеалогия (genealogiya)
Basque: genealogia (eu)
Belarusian: генеалогія (hjenjealóhija)
Breton: lignezouriezh
Bulgarian: родосло́вие (bg) n (rodoslóvie), генеалогия (bg) (genealogija)
Catalan: genealogia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 系譜學／系谱学 (zh) (xìpǔxué)
Wu: 系谱学
Chuvash: генеалоги (genealogi)
Corsican: genealogia
Czech: genealogie (cs) f
Danish: genealogi (da) c
Dhivehi: ނަސަބުގެ ޢިލްމު‎ (nasabuge ʿilmu)
Dutch: genealogie (nl), stamboomonderzoek n
Esperanto: genealogio
Estonian: genealoogia
Finnish: sukututkimus (fi)
French: généalogie (fr) f
Galician: xenealoxía
Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) (genealogia)
German: Ahnenforschung f, Genealogie (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: γενεαλογία f (genealogía)
Hebrew: גנאלוגיה‎ (he)
Hungarian: genealógia (hu), származástan (hu)
Icelandic: ættfræði f
Ido: genealogio (io)
Indonesian: genealogi (id)
Irish: ginealas m
Italian: genealogia (it) f
Japanese: 系譜学
Kazakh: генеалогия (genealogiä), тектану (tektanu)
Korean: 계보학 (gyebohak)
Kyrgyz: генеалогия (genealogiya)
Latin: genealogia
Latvian: ģenealoģija f
Lithuanian: genealogija f
Macedonian: родословие n (rodoslovie)
Malay: kaji salasilah, genealogi
Malayalam: വംശാവലിപഠനം (vaṃśāvalipaṭhanaṃ)
Narom: généalogie
Norman: généalogie f
Norwegian: slektsforskning
Bokmål: genealogi m
Nynorsk: genealogi m, slektsforsking
Occitan: genealogia
Pashto: نوغپوهنه‎ (ps)
Persian: تبارشناسی‎
Picard: généalodjie
Polish: genealogia (pl) f
Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
Romanian: genealogie (ro) f
Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f (genealógija)
Scots: genealogy
Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: rodoslovlje (sh) n, genealogija (sh) f
Shona: unenavabari
Sicilian: catanannu (scn)
Slovak: genealógia
Slovene: rodoslovje (sl)
Spanish: genealogía (es) f
Sundanese: généalogi
Swedish: släktforskning (sv) c, genealogi (sv) c
Turkish: soy bilimi (tr), jenealoji (tr)
Turkmen: genealogiýa
Ukrainian: генеалогія (henealohija)
Uzbek: genealogiya (uz)
Vietnamese: gia phả học
Volapük: genealog
Welsh: achyddiaeth f
Yiddish: ייחוס‎ (yikhes)

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Korean: ^{(please verify)} 계보 (ko) (gyebo), ^{(please verify)} 혈통 (ko) (hyeoltong), ^{(please verify)} 가계 (ko) (gagye), ^{(please verify)} 족보 (ko) (jokbo)