chronology

English

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Etymology

From chrono- (“relating to time”) +‎ -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/

Noun

chronology (countable and uncountable, plural chronologies)

1. (uncountable) the science of determining the order in which events occurred.
2. (countable) an arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

Coordinate terms

• horology

Related terms

• chronological
• chronologically
• chronicle
• chronograph

Translations

determining the order of events

• Arabic: تاريخ (ar) m
• Catalan: cronologia f
• Esperanto: kronologio
• French: chronologie (fr) f
• Icelandic: tímatalsfræði f

• Italian: cronologia (it) f
• Khmer: កាលប្បវត្តិវិទ្យា (kaal ppa’ voat vityie)
• Malay: kronologi
• Russian: хронология (ru) f (χronológija)
• Swedish: kronologi (sv) c

arrangement into chronological order

• Arabic: تأريخ m
• Catalan: cronologia f
• French: chronologie (fr) f
• Icelandic: tímatal n, tímasetning f

• Italian: cronologia (it) f
• Malay: kronologi
• Russian: хронология (ru) f (χronológija)
• Swedish: kronologi (sv) c, kronologisk ordning c, tidsordning c

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• Serbo-Croatian: kronologija f
• German: Chronologie (de) f
• Interlingua: chronologia

• Lithuanian: chronologija f
• Norwegian: kronologi m
• Portuguese: cronologia f