"diachrony" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪˈækɹəni/ Forms: diachronies [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -y; historically, see synchronous § Etymology. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|dia-|chrono-|-y|alt2=chron-}} By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} diachrony (usually uncountable, plural diachronies)
  1. The study of change over time, especially changes to language. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Time Translations (study of change): диахрония (diaxroniya) (Bashkir), 歷時性 (Chinese Mandarin), 历时性 (líshíxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), diakronia (Finnish), diachronie [feminine] (French), diacronia [feminine] (Italian), 通時態 (tsūjitai) (alt: つうじたい) (Japanese), диахрония (diaxroniä) (Kazakh), 통시태 (tongsitae) (alt: 通時態) (Korean), диахрония (diahroniya) (Kyrgyz), diachronia [feminine] (Latin), درزمانی (Persian), diachronia [feminine] (Polish), diachroniczność [feminine] (Polish), diacronia [feminine] (Portuguese), diaxroniya (Uzbek), tarixiy tadrijiylik (Uzbek)

Inflected forms

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      ],
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        "The study of change over time, especially changes to language."
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          "change",
          "change"
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          "time",
          "time"
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          "language",
          "language"
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      "tags": [
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "diaxroniya",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "диахрония"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "歷時性"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "líshíxìng",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "历时性"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "diakronia"
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          "sense": "study of change",
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          "word": "diachronie"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "study of change",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diacronia"
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          "alt": "つうじたい",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsūjitai",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "通時態"
        },
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          "roman": "diaxroniä",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "диахрония"
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          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "통시태"
        },
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          "roman": "diahroniya",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "диахрония"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diachronia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "درزمانی"
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          "sense": "study of change",
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          ],
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          "sense": "study of change",
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        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diacronia"
        },
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          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "diaxroniya"
        },
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          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "tarixiy tadrijiylik"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/daɪˈækɹəni/"
    }
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  "word": "diachrony"
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    }
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        "The study of change over time, especially changes to language."
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          "time",
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "diaxroniya",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "диахрония"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "歷時性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "líshíxìng",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "历时性"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "diakronia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diachronie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diacronia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つうじたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsūjitai",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "通時態"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "diaxroniä",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "диахрония"
    },
    {
      "alt": "通時態",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tongsitae",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "통시태"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "diahroniya",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "диахрония"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diachronia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "درزمانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diachronia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diachroniczność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diacronia"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "diaxroniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "tarixiy tadrijiylik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diachrony"
}

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