dialectology

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdaɪəlekˈtɒlədʒɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dī′ə lek tol′ə jē)

Inflections of 'dialectology' (n): npl: dialectologies

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•a•lec•tol•o•gy  (dī′ə lek tol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies for 2.
  1. Linguisticsthe study dealing with dialects and dialect features.
  2. Linguisticsthe linguistic features of a dialect or of the dialects of a language.
  • 1875–80; dialect + -o- + -logy
di•a•lec•to•log•ic  (dī′ə lek′tl oj′ik),USA pronunciation di′a•lec′to•log′i•cal, adj. 
'dialectology' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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