petrology

/pəˈtɹɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English petrology From petro- + -logy.

petrologies (plural)

petrologic petrological

petrography petrologist

lithology

technology psychology biology ideology theology methodology sociology geology ecology terminology anthropology physiology

Questions

How do you pronounce petrology?

The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈtɹɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/.

What does petrology mean?

The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.

Where does petrology come from?

How to pronounce petrology

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “petrology”.

Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/pəˈtɹɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/) so you know which sounds to aim for.

Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “petrology”.

Repeat and practice — Say “petrology” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.