fonología

See also: fonologia and fonológia

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish fono-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

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 -logiader.

Spanish -logía

Spanish fonología

From fono- + -logía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fonoloˈxia/ [fo.no.loˈxi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: fo‧no‧lo‧gí‧a

Noun

fonología f (uncountable)

1. phonology (subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages)

Related terms

• fonológico

Descendants

• → Cebuano: ponolohiya

Further reading

• “fonología”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025