chronology

English

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Etymology

From chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/; X-SAMPA: /kr@"nQl.@.dZi/

Noun

chronology (countable and uncountable; plural chronologies)

1. (uncountable) the science of determining the order in which events occurred.
2. (countable) an arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

Related terms

• chronological
• chronologically
• chronicle
• chronograph

Translations

determining the order of events

• Arabic: تاريخ (ar) m
• Catalan: cronologia (ca) f
• Esperanto: kronologio (eo)
• French: chronologie (fr) f

• Icelandic: tímatalsfræði (is) f
• Italian: cronologia (it) f
• Khmer: កាលប្បវត្តិវិទ្យា (km) (kaal ppa’ voat vityie)
• Malay: kronologi (ms)
• Russian: хронология (ru) (χronológija) f

arrangement into chronological order

• Arabic: تأريخ (ar) m
• Catalan: cronologia (ca) f
• French: chronologie (fr) f

• Icelandic: tímatal (is) n, tímasetning (is) f
• Italian: cronologia (it) f
• Malay: kronologi (ms)
• Russian: хронология (ru) (χronológija) f

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• Serbo-Croatian: kronologija (sh) f
• German: Chronologie (de) f
• Interlingua: chronologia

• Lithuanian: chronologija f
• Norwegian: kronologi m
• Portuguese: cronologia (pt) f