"diachrony" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "synchrony"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dia-",
        "3": "chrono-",
        "4": "-y",
        "alt2": "chron-"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -y",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -y; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "diachronies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "diachrony (usually uncountable, plural diachronies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with chrono-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dia-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "en:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The study of change over time, especially changes to language."
      ],
      "id": "en-diachrony-en-noun-wybWAdjT",
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "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": "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": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "diaxroniya"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "study of change",
          "word": "tarixiy tadrijiylik"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈækɹəni/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diachrony"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "synchrony"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dia-",
        "3": "chrono-",
        "4": "-y",
        "alt2": "chron-"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -y",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -y; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "diachronies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "diachrony (usually uncountable, plural diachronies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with chrono-",
        "English terms prefixed with dia-",
        "English terms suffixed with -y",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The study of change over time, especially changes to language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈækɹəni/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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": "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": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "diaxroniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "study of change",
      "word": "tarixiy tadrijiylik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diachrony"
}