aerology
ae·ro·lo·gy/ɛɚˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/noun
aerology is a noun meaning “The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, kites, rockets, drones, airplanes, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-E-R-O-L-O-G-Y and has 4 syllables (ae·ro·lo·gy), and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aerology is aerologies.
What does aerology mean?
noun
- 1
The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, kites, rockets, drones, airplanes, etc.
- 2
The study of the air and of the atmosphere and technological methods involved.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aerology?
- UK /ɛəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- US /ɛɚˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Aerology has 4 syllables, split ae·ro·lo·gy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aerology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aerology
- aerologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aerology?
Aerology appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aerology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense branch of meteorology:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aerology come from?
From aero- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).