geology

From geo- +‎ -logy, partly after Renaissance Latin geōlogia, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + Latin -logia (“the study of”), from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía).^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
• (US, Canada) enPR: jē-ŏʹlə-jē, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɑ.lə.dʒi/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
• Hyphenation: ge‧o‧lo‧gy

geology (countable and uncountable, plural geologies)

2. The science that studies the structure of the Earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
3. The geological structure of a region.

   the geology of the Alps

• petrology

• egology