Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conchology

/kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: con-chol-o-gy
IPA: /kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of molluscs and their shells.

Uncountable

noun

The hobby of shell collecting.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""Thank goodness, I am not a child," said Lady Mandeville, turning over a collection of those juvenile tomes, which are to make the rising generation so much wiser than their grandfathers or grandmothers—catechisms of conchology, geology, mathematical questions for infants, geography, astronomy; "the child may be 'father to the man;' but the said father must have had some trouble with his offspring.""
"The least dreadful among the essays stacked and waiting to be corrected would be that of young Master Jefferson Davis, who when imprisoned by Andrew Johnson in 1866 will ask his physician at Fortress Monroe to procure a few volumes of "conchology, geology, or botany," he desiring to commune with the interests of more innocent days."

Etymology

From conch or Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē) + -ology.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κόγχη
Suffix: ology

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

conchologies (plural)

Derived Forms

conchological conchologist conchologize

Frequently Paired Words

malacology

Synonyms

shell collecting

Questions

How do you pronounce conchology?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi/.
What does conchology mean?: The study of molluscs and their shells.
Where does conchology come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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