Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gemmology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gem-mol-o-gy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin gemma (“gem”) + -logy (“science”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: logy

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

gemology (alternative)

Derived Forms

gemmological gemmologist

Questions

What does gemmology mean?: The branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.
Where does gemmology come from?: From Latin gemma (“gem”) + -logy (“science”).

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