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Meaning of "dactylology" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DACTYLOLOGY

dactylology  [ˌdæktɪˈlɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DACTYLOLOGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dactylology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DACTYLOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fingerspelling

Fingerspelling is the representation of the letters of a writing system, and sometimes numeral systems, using only the hands. These manual alphabets, have often been used in deaf education, and have subsequently been adopted as a distinct part of a number of sign languages; there are about forty manual alphabets around the world. Historically, manual alphabets have had a number of additional applications — including use as ciphers, as mnemonics, and in silent religious settings.

Definition of dactylology in the English dictionary

The definition of dactylology in the dictionary is the method of using manual sign language, as in communicating with deaf people.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DACTYLOLOGY


angelology
ˌeɪndʒəˈlɒlədʒɪ
astrology
əˈstrɒlədʒɪ
biology
baɪˈɒlədʒɪ
biotechnology
ˌbaɪəʊtɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ
diabolology
ˌdiːæbəˈlɒlədʒɪ
ecology
ɪˈkɒlədʒɪ
haplology
hæpˈlɒlədʒɪ
hoplology
hɒpˈlɒlədʒɪ
methodology
ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪ
pathology
pəˈθɒlədʒɪ
pelology
piːˈlɒlədʒɪ
philology
fɪˈlɒlədʒɪ
physiology
ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
psychology
saɪˈkɒlədʒɪ
sociology
ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ
syphilology
ˌsɪfɪˈlɒlədʒɪ
technology
tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ
typhlology
tɪfˈlɒlədʒɪ
vexillology
ˌvɛksɪˈlɒlədʒɪ
xylology
zaɪˈlɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DACTYLOLOGY

dacoitage
dacoities
dacoity
dacquoise
Dacron
dactyl
dactylar
dactylic
dactylically
dactyliography
dactyliology
dactyliomancy
dactylist
dactylogram
dactylographer
dactylographic
dactylography
dactylologies
dactyloscopy
dactylus

WORDS THAT END LIKE DACTYLOLOGY

anthology
anthropology
apology
archaeology
cardiology
dermatology
epidemiology
genealogy
geology
histology
homology
immunology
information technology
microbiology
mythology
neurology
oncology
pharmacology
phonology
radiology
theology

Synonyms and antonyms of dactylology in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dactylology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DACTYLOLOGY

Find out the translation of dactylology to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dactylology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dactylology» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

手语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dactilología
570 millions of speakers

English

dactylology
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dactylology
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التخاطب بالأصابع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дактилология
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dactylology
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dactylology
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dactylology
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Daktilologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dactylology
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dactylology
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dactylology
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dactylology
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuật đánh máy chư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரல் மொழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डॅथिलोलॉजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dactylology
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dactylology
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dactylology
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дактилологія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dactylology
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dactylology
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vinger spraak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dactylology
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dactylology
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dactylology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DACTYLOLOGY»

The term «dactylology» is used very little and occupies the 188.411 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of dactylology
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DACTYLOLOGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dactylology» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dactylology» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dactylology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DACTYLOLOGY»

Discover the use of dactylology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dactylology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The English Cyclopaedia: Division. Geography. 4v. and Suppl
To the deaf and dumb under instruction, dactylology is useful ая a means of communication between them and their teacher ; at first, in such select language as the pupil understands, or aa may be readily explained by mimic signs or other  ...
Charles Knight, 1867
2
The English cyclopædia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge
331 DACTYLOLOGY. DACTYLOLOGY. fingers, and that, by acquiring the manual alphabet, they can communicate with them. Such persons should bear in mind that the deaf are shut out from all spoken languages ; that before they can use or  ...
3
Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English ...
331 DACTYLOLOGY. DACTYLOLOGY. 3S3 fingers, and that, by acquiring the manual alphabet, they can communicate with them. Such persons should bear in mind that the deaf are shut out from all spoken languages ; that before they can ...
Charles Knight, 1867
4
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
The simple art of communicating ideas by spelling words with the fingers is called dactylology The positions which the fingers are made to assume correspond to the alphabetic characters of a language, at. 1 the series of alphabetic signs is ...
5
The deaf and dumb: their education and social position
DACTYLOLOGY. Dactylology, says Degerando, " is only writing set free from its material dress." Degerando has so beautifully described the nature of Dactylology, and the function it has in deaf-mute education, that we shall present his ...
W R. Scott, 1870
6
The English Cyclopedia
DACTYLOLOGY. 3M DACTYLOLOGY. a: fingers, and that, by acquiring the manual alphabet, theycan communicate with them. Such persons should bear in mind that the deaf are shut out from all spoken languages; that before they can use or ...
7
Congressional edition
enough in dactylology. In consequence it is a common thing to find pupils in intermediate and even advanced classes whose control of their digital muscles is so inadequate that they hesitate and blunder in attempting to spell the simplest ...
United States. Congress, 1899
8
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
But the Pereire there unmercifully hunted down was the inventor of dactylology. This would-be dactylology, against which the Abbe de l'Epee let himself loose, was the same used by himself, like Pereire, with beginners, (1,92,) and which he  ...
United States. Congress. House, 1876
9
Reports of the Commissioners of the United States to the ...
But the Pereire there unmercifully hunted down was the inventor of dactylology. This would-be dactylology, against which the Abbe de l'Epee let himself loose, was the same used by himself, like Pereire, with beginners, (1,92,) and which he  ...
Robert Henry Thurston, 1876
10
Congressional Serial Set
enough iu dactylology. In consequence it is a common thing to find pupils in intermediate and even advanced classes whose control of their digital muscles is so inadequate that they hesitate and blunder in attempting to spell the simplest ...

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dactylology [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dactylology>. Apr 2024 ».
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