ufology

See also: UFOlogy

English

Alternative forms

• UFOlogy
• UFO-logy

Etymology

Etymology tree

English UFO

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos

Proto-Hellenic *lógos

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 -logialbor.

French -logiebor.

English -logy

English ufology

From UFO + -logy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌjuːˈfɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌjuːɛfˈɑləd͡ʒi/

Noun

ufology (countable and uncountable, plural ufologies)

1. The study of UFOs.
   • 2016, Neil Cicierega, “Touch-Tone Telephone”, in Spirit Phone, performed by Lemon Demon:

     I'm an expert in my field
     Ufology, yes, it's all real
     Ancient aliens, it's all true
     I'm an expert just like you

Derived terms

• ufologist
• ufological

Translations

the study of UFOs

• Catalan: ufologia f
• Esperanto: nifologio (eo)
• Finnish: ufologia
• French: ovniologie (fr) f, ufologie (fr)
• German: Ufologie f
• Greek: ουφολογία f (oufología)
• Irish: úfó-eolaíocht f
• Italian: ufologia (it) f
• Macedonian: уфологија f (ufologija)
• Portuguese: ufologia (pt) f, ovnilogia f
• Romanian: ufologie (ro) f
• Russian: уфология (ru) f (ufologija)
• Spanish: ufología (es) f
• Swedish: ufologi (sv) c
• Turkish: ufoloji