petrology

English

WOTD – 23 February 2012

Etymology

From petro- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈtɹɒlədʒi/

Noun

petrology (usually uncountable, plural petrologies)

1. (geology) The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.

Related terms

• petrography
• petrologist

Translations

the study of rock

• Catalan: petrologia f
• Danish: petrologi (da) c
• Dutch: steenkunde f
• Finnish: petrologia (fi)
• French: pétrologie (fr) f
• Galician: petroloxía f
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• German: Petrologie f, Gesteinskunde f
• Italian: petrologia (it) f
• Norwegian: petrologi m
• Portuguese: petrologia f
• Spanish: petrología (es) f
• Tagalog: dalubbatuhan

Anagrams

• pterology