onomasiology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) +‎ -logy.

Noun

onomasiology (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.

Synonyms

• onomastics
• onomatology

Coordinate terms

• semasiology

Derived terms

Derived terms

• onomasiologic
• onomasiological
• onomasiologically
• onomasiologist

Translations

branch of lexicology

• Belarusian: анамасіяло́гія f (anamasijalóhija)
• Catalan: onomasiologia f
• Czech: onomaziologie (cs) f
• Dutch: onomasiologie f
• Estonian: onomasioloogia
• Finnish: nimitysoppi, onomasiologia (fi)
• French: onomasiologie (fr) f
• Galician: onomasioloxía (gl) f
• German: Onomasiologie (de) f, Benennungslehre f, Bezeichnungslehre (de) f
• Irish: onamaiseolaíocht f
• Italian: onomasiologia (it) f
• Occitan: onomasiologia f
• Portuguese: onomasiologia f
• Russian: ономасиоло́гия (ru) f (onomasiológija)
• Spanish: onomasiología (es) f
• Ukrainian: ономасіоло́гія f (onomasiolóhija)

See also

• ontology
• semantics