typology

English

Etymology

type +‎ -ology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Noun

typology (countable and uncountable, plural typologies)

1. The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
2. The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.
3. (archaeology) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
4. (linguistics) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).
5. (religion) The doctrine of Scripture types or figures.

Translations

systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics

• Belarusian: тыпало́гія f (typalóhija)
• Bulgarian: типология f (tipologija)
• Catalan: tipologia f
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• Finnish: typologia (fi)
• Georgian: ტიპოლოგია (ṭiṗologia)
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• Italian: tipologia (it) f
• Latvian: tipoloģija f
• Portuguese: tipologia f
• Russian: типоло́гия (ru) f (tipológija)
• Spanish: tipología f
• Turkmen: tipologiýa
• Ukrainian: типоло́гія f (typolóhija)
• Welsh: teipoleg

result of the classification of things according to their characteristics

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• Finnish: typologia (fi)
• Latvian: tipoloģija f
• Portuguese: tipologia f

classification of languages

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• Finnish: typologia (fi)

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• Romanian: tipologie (ro) f
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Derived terms

Derived terms

• linguistic typology
• morphological typology

• typological
• typologist

Related terms

• type
• typification

See also

• taxonomy
• value domain

Anagrams

• logotypy