How to pronounce petrology
American English pronunciation
puh-TROL-uh-jee
- IPA
- /pəˈtɹɑlədʒi/
- Syllables
- puh · TROL · uh · jee (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What petrology means
The study of rocks and how they form
In a sentence: Her love of petrology began with a box of shiny stones from the beach.
Where it comes from: It's built from petro-, from a Greek word for rock, and -logy, meaning the study of something.
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