Egyptology

English

Alternative forms

• egyptology

Etymology

Egypt +‎ -logy

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌidʒɪpˈtɑlədʒi/
• (RP) IPA: /ˌiːdʒɪpˈtɒlədʒi/

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Noun

Egyptology (countable and uncountable; plural Egyptologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of ancient Egypt.
2. (countable) A work concerning ancient Egypt.

Derived terms

• Egyptologist

Translations

the study of ancient Egypt

• Czech: egyptologie (cs) f
• Dutch: egyptologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: egiptologio (eo)
• Finnish: egyptologia (fi)
• French: égyptologie (fr) f
• German: Ägyptologie (de) f
• Greek: αιγυπτιολογία (el) (aigyptiología) f (aigyptiología)
• Hungarian: egyiptológia (hu)

• Irish: Éigipteolaíocht (ga) f
• Italian: egittologia (it)
• Khmer: អេហ្សីបវិទ្យា (km) (eeziip vityie)
• Latin: aegyptologia
• Malay: kaji Mesir purba (ms)
• Spanish: egiptología (es) f
• Swedish: egyptologi (sv) c
• Volapük: Lägüptänav (vo)