paremiology

English

Alternative forms

• paroemiology, (archaic) parœmiology

Etymology

From paremia (“proverb”) +‎ -ology, from Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek παροιμία (paroimía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˌɹiːmiˈɒləd͡ʒi/

Noun

paremiology (uncountable)

1. The study of proverbs.
   • 2015, Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt, Melita Aleksa Varga, editors, Introduction to Paremiology: A Comprehensive Guide to Proverb Studies, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 107:

     In this respect, paremiology can immensely contribute to the more general study of culture from a semiotic point of view, or in a semiotic perspective. But culture is a process, a synchronous snapshot, at best, being subject to constant changes.

Derived terms

• paremiological
• paremiologist

Related terms

• paremiography
• paremiologically
• paroemia

Translations

the study of proverbs

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ասույթաբանություն (asuytʻabanutʻyun)
• Catalan: paremiologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諺語研究／谚语研究 (yànyǔ yánjiū)

• Czech: paremiologie (cs) f
• Finnish: paremiologia (fi)
• French: parémiologie (fr) f
• Galician: paremioloxía (gl) f
• German: Parömiologie f, Sprichwortkunde f
• Italian: paremiologia f
• Polish: paremiologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: paremiologia f
• Russian: паремиоло́гия (ru) f (paremiológija)
• Sicilian: parimiuluggìa f
• Spanish: paremiología (es) f

Further reading

• paremiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia