phonology

Meaning

1. (uncountable) 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. (broadly, uncountable) 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.

Synonyms

phonetics

phonemics

phonics

Translations

phonologie

Phonologie

fonología

fonologia

fonologia

fonologia

φωνολογία

fonologie

klankleer

fonoloji

فونولوجيا

Phonemik

fonologia

Phonetik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈnɒləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

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