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grammatology

/ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
gram-ma-tol-o-gy
IPA
/ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of writing systems or scripts.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French grammatologie, attested in the 19th century.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • British English: /ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

grammatologies (plural)

Derived Forms

grammatologic

Frequently Paired Words

grammatological grammatologically grammatologist

Rhymes With

technology appropriate technology psychology biology apology ideology theology geology ecology anthropology mythology archaeology

Questions

How do you pronounce grammatology?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/.
What does grammatology mean?
The scientific study of writing systems or scripts.
Where does grammatology come from?
From French grammatologie, attested in the 19th century.

How to pronounce grammatology

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