typology

English

Etymology

type +‎ -ology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taɪˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Noun

typology (countable and uncountable, plural typologies)

The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.
(archaeology) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
(linguistics) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).
(religion) The doctrine of Scripture types or figures.

Derived terms

linguistic typology
morphological typology
typological
typologist

Related terms

type
typification

Translations

systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics

Belarusian: тыпало́гія f (typalóhija)
Bulgarian: типология f (tipologija)
Catalan: tipologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 類型學／类型学 (zh) (lèixíngxué)
Dutch: typologie (nl) f
Finnish: typologia (fi)
French: typologie (fr) f
Georgian: ტიპოლოგია (ṭiṗologia)
Italian: tipologia (it) f
Latvian: tipoloģija f
Portuguese: tipologia f
Russian: типоло́гия (ru) f (tipológija)
Serbo-Croatian: tipologija (sh) f
Spanish: tipología f
Turkmen: tipologiýa
Ukrainian: типоло́гія f (typolóhija)
Welsh: teipoleg

result of the classification of things according to their characteristics

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: typologie (nl) f
Finnish: typologia (fi)
French: typologie (fr) f
Latvian: tipoloģija f
Portuguese: tipologia f
Serbo-Croatian: tipologija (sh) f

classification of languages

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: typologi c
Dutch: taaltypologie (nl) f, typologie (nl) f
Finnish: typologia (fi)
French: typologie (fr) f
Khmer: បែបវិទ្យា (km) (baepvɨtyiə)
Serbo-Croatian: tipologija (sh) f
Swedish: språktypologi (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Romanian: tipologie (ro) f

Anagrams

logotypy