-ology
/ˈɑləd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.01 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
suffix
Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds.
suffix
added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study.
Humorous
Example Sentences
- "Qell, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology."
- "...so long as a mere human word-ology is suffered to remain here, clogging all with its deadly impotence..."
- "It seems he'd been making original researches in anthropology, or folk-lore-ology, or something like that."
- "He gets an -ology and says he failed!"
- "Yet it is interesting to research the tattoo-ology of Katona right after a yoga class."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology From -o- (interconsonantal vowel) + -logy.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑləd͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˈɒləd͡ʒi/
Usage
Phrases
wikipedia:List of words ending in ology
Frequently Paired Words
ology
wikipedia:List of words ending in ology