"Egyptology" meaning in English

See Egyptology in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ [US], /ˌiːd͡ʒɪpˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-egyptology.ogg [US] Forms: Egyptologies [plural]
Etymology: Egypto- + -logy Etymology templates: {{af|en|Egypto-|-logy}} Egypto- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Egyptology (countable and uncountable, plural Egyptologies)
  1. (uncountable) The study of ancient Egypt. Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Egypt Translations (the study of ancient Egypt): عِلْم اَلْمِصْرِيَّات (ʕilm al-miṣriyyāt) (Arabic), misirşünaslıq (Azerbaijani), egiptologia [feminine] (Catalan), 埃及學 (Chinese Mandarin), 埃及学 (āijíxué) (Chinese Mandarin), egyptologie [feminine] (Czech), egyptologie [feminine] (Dutch), egiptologio (Esperanto), egyptologia (Finnish), égyptologie [feminine] (French), exiptoloxía [feminine] (Galician), Ägyptologie [feminine] (German), αιγυπτιολογία (aigyptiología) [feminine] (Greek), egyiptológia (Hungarian), egiptologio (Ido), Éigipteolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), egittologia (Italian), мысыртану (mysyrtanu) (Kazakh), អេហ្សីបវិទ្យា (eeziip vityie) (Khmer), aegyptologia (Latin), египтоло́гија (egiptológija) [feminine] (Macedonian), kaji Mesir purba (Malay), egyptologi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), مصرشناسی (mesr-šenâsi) (Persian), egiptologia [feminine] (Polish), egiptologia [feminine] (Portuguese), египтоло́гия (jegiptológija) [feminine] (Russian), egyptológia [feminine] (Slovak), egiptología [feminine] (Spanish), egyptologi [common-gender] (Swedish), мисршиносӣ (misršinosī) (Tajik), misrshunoslik (Uzbek), Ai Cập học (Vietnamese), Lägüptänav (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-Egyptology-en-noun-S7VL8mMD Disambiguation of Egypt: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'the study of ancient Egypt': 76 24
  2. (countable) A work concerning ancient Egypt. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Ancient Egypt, Archaeology Categories (place): Egypt
    Sense id: en-Egyptology-en-noun-1lZtOGyo Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 34 66 Disambiguation of Archaeology: 7 93 Disambiguation of Egypt: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with Egypto-, English terms suffixed with -logy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with Egypto-: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ægyptology [obsolete], egyptology Derived forms: Egyptologist, Egyptological

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      ],
      "word": "egiptologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egiptologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jegiptológija",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "египтоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egyptológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egiptología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "egyptologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "misršinosī",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "word": "мисршиносӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "word": "misrshunoslik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "word": "Ai Cập học"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the study of ancient Egypt",
      "word": "Lägüptänav"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Egyptology"
}
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