paleography

English

Alternative forms

palaeography (UK)
palæography (UK, dated)

Etymology

paleo- +‎ -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses.^[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpalɪˈɒɡɹəfi/, /ˌpeɪlɪˈɒɡɹəfi/^[2]
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌpeɪliˈɑɡɹəfi/^[2]
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

paleography (plural paleographies)

(US) The study of old or ancient forms of writing.^[2]
(US) Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls.
(obsolete) Paleogeography.

Translations

study of old forms of writing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 古文字學 (zh), 古文字学 (zh) (gǔwénzìxué)
Finnish: paleografia (fi)
German: Paläografie (de) f, Paläographie (de) f
Japanese: 古文書学 (こもんじょがく, komonjogaku)

Portuguese: paleografia (pt) f
Russian: палеогра́фия (ru) f (paleográfija)
Spanish: paleografía f
Tagalog: dalubtalandaan

ancient scripts or forms of writing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 古文字 (zh) (gǔwénzì)
Finnish: vanhat kirjoitustyylit pl

Portuguese: paleografia (pt) f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: paleografía f

References

“paleography” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

↑ “palaeography | paleography, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, draft revision (March 2005)
1 2 3 Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "palaeography | paleography, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.

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