How to pronounce speleology
American English pronunciation
spee-lee-OL-uh-jee
- IPA
- /ˌspiliˈɑlədʒi/
- Syllables
- spee · lee · OL · uh · jee (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What speleology means
The scientific study and exploring of caves
In a sentence: Her love of speleology took her deep underground with a headlamp and a notebook.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French word spéléologie, made up in 1890 by Émile Rivière from a Greek word for a cave and -logy, the study of something.
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