フィロロジー

Japanese

Etymology

フィロ (firo, philo-) + ロジー (rojī, -logie), perhaps Borrowed from German Philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸʲiɾo̞ɾo̞ʑiː]

Noun

フィロロジー • (firorojī

  1. (linguistics) philology
    Synonym: 文献学 (ぶんけんがく)

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