Linguistics

//lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks//

Synonyms for "linguistics" (39 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(2 words)
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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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defined as

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derived

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derived from

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holonym

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is a

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meronym

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part of

1 entries

related to

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Translations

195 translations across 131 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • linguistiek noun (scientific study of language)
  • taalkunde noun (scientific study of language)
  • taalwetenskappe noun (scientific study of language)

Albanian

2 entries
  • gjuhësi noun (scientific study of language)
  • linguistikë noun (scientific study of language)

Amharic

1 entries
  • የቋንቋ ጥናት noun (scientific study of language)

Arabic

3 entries
  • عِلْم اللُّغَة noun (scientific study of language)
  • لُغَوِيَّات noun (scientific study of language)
  • لِسَانِيَّات noun (scientific study of language)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • lingüistica noun (scientific study of language)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լեզվաբանություն noun (scientific study of language)

Asturian

1 entries
  • llingüística noun (scientific study of language)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • dilçilik noun (scientific study of language)
  • dilşünaslıq noun (scientific study of language)
  • linqvistika noun (scientific study of language)

Balinese

1 entries
  • basawidya noun (scientific study of language)

Bambara

1 entries
  • kankalan noun (scientific study of language)

Basque

2 entries
  • hizkuntzalaritza noun (scientific study of language)
  • linguistika noun (scientific study of language)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • лінгві́стыка noun (scientific study of language)
  • мовазна́ўства noun (scientific study of language)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ভাষাবিজ্ঞান noun (scientific study of language)

Breton

1 entries
  • yezhoniezh noun (scientific study of language)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • езикозна́ние noun (scientific study of language)
  • лингви́стика noun (scientific study of language)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘာသာဗေဒ noun (scientific study of language)

Catalan

1 entries
  • lingüística noun (scientific study of language)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • linggwistiks noun (scientific study of language)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 語言學 /语言学 noun (scientific study of language)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 言語學 /言语学 noun (scientific study of language)
  • 語言學 /语言学 noun (scientific study of language)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 言語學 /言语学 noun (scientific study of language)
  • 語言學 /语言学 noun (scientific study of language)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • лингвистика noun (scientific study of language)

Cornish

2 entries
  • scyens yeth noun (scientific study of language)
  • yethonieth noun (scientific study of language)

Corsican

1 entries
  • linguistica noun (scientific study of language)

Czech

3 entries
  • jazykověda noun (scientific study of language)
  • jazykozpyt noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvistika noun (scientific study of language)

Danish

2 entries
  • lingvistik noun (scientific study of language)
  • sprogvidenskab noun (scientific study of language)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ބަހަވީ އިލްމު noun (scientific study of language)

Dutch

3 entries
  • linguïstiek noun (scientific study of language)
  • taalkunde noun (scientific study of language)
  • taalwetenschappen noun (scientific study of language)

Erzya

1 entries
  • кельсодамо noun (scientific study of language)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • lingviko noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvistiko noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvoscienco noun (scientific study of language)

Estonian

1 entries
  • keeleteadus noun (scientific study of language)

Faroese

1 entries
  • málfrøði noun (scientific study of language)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kielitiede noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvistiikka noun (scientific study of language)

French

1 entries
  • linguistique noun (scientific study of language)

Friulian

1 entries
  • lenghistiche noun (scientific study of language)

Galician

1 entries
  • lingüística noun (scientific study of language)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ენათმეცნიერება noun (scientific study of language)
  • ლინგვისტიკა noun (scientific study of language)

German

2 entries
  • Linguistik noun (scientific study of language)
  • Sprachwissenschaft noun (scientific study of language)

Greek

1 entries
  • γλωσσολογία noun (scientific study of language)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • lengwistik noun (scientific study of language)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בַּלְשָׁנוּת noun (scientific study of language)

Hindi

1 entries
  • भाषाविज्ञान noun (scientific study of language)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • nyelvtudomány noun (scientific study of language)
  • nyelvészet noun (scientific study of language)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • málvísindi noun (scientific study of language)

Ido

1 entries
  • linguistiko noun (scientific study of language)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • ilmu bahasa noun (scientific study of language)
  • ilmu kebahasaan noun (scientific study of language)
  • linguistik noun (scientific study of language)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • linguistica noun (scientific study of language)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᐅᖄᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ noun (scientific study of language)

Irish

1 entries
  • teangeolaíocht noun (scientific study of language)

Italian

1 entries
  • linguistica noun (scientific study of language)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 言語学 noun (scientific study of language)

Javanese

1 entries
  • linguistik noun (scientific study of language)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಭಾಷಾ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ noun (scientific study of language)
  • ಭಾಷಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ noun (scientific study of language)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • lingwistika noun (scientific study of language)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • лингвистика noun (scientific study of language)
  • тіл білімі noun (scientific study of language)
  • тіл ғылымы noun (scientific study of language)
  • тілтану noun (scientific study of language)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភាសាសាស្ត្រ noun (scientific study of language)

Korean

1 entries
  • 언어학 noun (scientific study of language)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • лингвистика noun (scientific study of language)
  • тилбилим noun (scientific study of language)

Ladino

2 entries
  • linguistika noun (scientific study of language)
  • לינגואיסטיקה noun (scientific study of language)

Lakota

1 entries
  • iyápi wóuŋspe noun (scientific study of language)

Lao

1 entries
  • ພາສາສາດ noun (scientific study of language)

Latin

1 entries
  • linguistica noun (scientific study of language)

Latvian

2 entries
  • lingvistika noun (scientific study of language)
  • valodniecība noun (scientific study of language)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • taalweitesjap noun (scientific study of language)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • kalbotyra noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvistika noun (scientific study of language)

Low German

1 entries
  • Spraakwetenschop noun (scientific study of language)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • linguistika noun (scientific study of language)
  • rěcywěda noun (scientific study of language)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Sproochwëssenschaft noun (scientific study of language)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • лингвистика noun (scientific study of language)

Malay

1 entries
  • linguistik noun (scientific study of language)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം noun (scientific study of language)

Maltese

1 entries
  • lingwistika noun (scientific study of language)

Manx

1 entries
  • çhengoaylleeaght noun (scientific study of language)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • хэл шинжлэл noun (scientific study of language)
  • хэлний шинжлэл noun (scientific study of language)
  • ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠯ noun (scientific study of language)
  • ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠯ noun (scientific study of language)

Māori

1 entries
  • mātai reo noun (scientific study of language)

Navajo

1 entries
  • saad naalkaah noun (scientific study of language)

Norman

1 entries
  • lîndgistique noun (scientific study of language)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • zimannasî noun (scientific study of language)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • lingvistikk noun (scientific study of language)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • lingvistikk noun (scientific study of language)

Occitan

1 entries
  • lingüistica noun (scientific study of language)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • ӕвзагзонынад noun (scientific study of language)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ژبپوهنه noun (scientific study of language)

Persian

2 entries
  • زبانشناسی noun (scientific study of language)
  • لسانیات noun (scientific study of language)

Polish

4 entries
  • glotologia noun (scientific study of language)
  • glottologia noun (scientific study of language)
  • językoznawstwo noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingwistyka noun (scientific study of language)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • linguística noun (scientific study of language)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ noun (scientific study of language)

Quechua

1 entries
  • simi yachaq noun (scientific study of language)

Romani

1 entries
  • chhibavipen noun (scientific study of language)

Romanian

1 entries
  • lingvistică noun (scientific study of language)

Russian

3 entries
  • лингви́стика noun (scientific study of language)
  • языкове́дение noun (scientific study of language)
  • языкозна́ние noun (scientific study of language)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • kalbuotīra noun (scientific study of language)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • भाषाविज्ञान noun (scientific study of language)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • linguìstica noun (scientific study of language)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cànanachas noun (scientific study of language)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jezikoslovlje noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvìstika noun (scientific study of language)
  • лингвѝстика noun (scientific study of language)
  • језикословље noun (scientific study of language)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • linguìstica noun (scientific study of language)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • لسانيات noun (scientific study of language)

Slovak

2 entries
  • jazykoveda noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvistika noun (scientific study of language)

Slovene

2 entries
  • jezikoslȏvje noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingvístika noun (scientific study of language)

Spanish

1 entries
  • lingüística noun (scientific study of language)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • linguistik noun (scientific study of language)

Swahili

1 entries
  • isimu noun (scientific study of language)

Swedish

2 entries
  • lingvistik noun (scientific study of language)
  • språkvetenskap noun (scientific study of language)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • agham-wika noun (scientific study of language)
  • dalubwikaan noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingguwistika noun (scientific study of language)

Tajik

2 entries
  • забоншиносӣ noun (scientific study of language)
  • лингвистика noun (scientific study of language)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மொழியியல் noun (scientific study of language)

Tatar

1 entries
  • тел белеме noun (scientific study of language)

Telugu

1 entries
  • భాషాశాస్త్రము noun (scientific study of language)

Thai

1 entries
  • ภาษาศาสตร์ noun (scientific study of language)

Tibetan

3 entries
  • བརྡ་སྤྲོད་རིག་གནས noun (scientific study of language)
  • སྐད་བརྡ་རིག་པ། noun (scientific study of language)
  • སྐད་ཡིག་རིག་གནས noun (scientific study of language)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • save long tokples noun (scientific study of language)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dil bilimi noun (scientific study of language)
  • dilbilim noun (scientific study of language)
  • lengüistik noun (scientific study of language)
  • lisâniyat noun (scientific study of language)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • dil bilimi noun (scientific study of language)
  • lingwistika noun (scientific study of language)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • кылтодос noun (scientific study of language)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • лінгві́стика noun (scientific study of language)
  • мовозна́вство noun (scientific study of language)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • linguistika noun (scientific study of language)
  • rěčespyt noun (scientific study of language)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لسانیات noun (scientific study of language)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تىلشۇناسلىق noun (scientific study of language)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • lingvistika noun (scientific study of language)
  • tilshunoslik noun (scientific study of language)

Venetan

1 entries
  • łenguìstega noun (scientific study of language)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngôn ngữ học noun (scientific study of language)

Volapük

1 entries
  • pükav noun (scientific study of language)

Võro

1 entries
  • keeletiidüs noun (scientific study of language)

Walloon

1 entries
  • linwince noun (scientific study of language)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • lingguwistika noun (scientific study of language)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ieithyddiaeth noun (scientific study of language)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • taalkunde noun (scientific study of language)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • לינגוויסטיק noun (scientific study of language)
  • שפּראַך־וויסנשאַפֿט noun (scientific study of language)

Zealandic

1 entries
  • taelkunde noun (scientific study of language)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • yijyenzyoz noun (scientific study of language)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Professor Ito went to the United States for the purpose of studying linguistics.

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This book deals with the new theory of linguistics.

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He is at home in phonetics as well as linguistics.

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He is absorbed in the study of linguistics.

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