cosmogony
/kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/noun
cosmogony is a noun meaning “The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-S-M-O-G-O-N-Y and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cosmogony is cosmogonies.
What does cosmogony mean?
noun
- 1
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
Holonym: cosmology
- 2
Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
Holonym: cosmology
- 3
The creation of the universe: the origin and early development of the cosmos.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cosmogony?
- UK /kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni/
- US /kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/
- Australia /kɔzˈmɔɡ.ə.ni/
Cosmogony has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-عُثمان_(Middle_river_exports)-cosmogony.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cosmogony
- cosmogonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cosmogony?
Cosmogony appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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).
Cosmogony in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the study of the origin of the universe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cosmogonie |
| German | Kosmogonie |
| Portuguese | cosmogonia |
| Spanish | cosmogonía |
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 cosmogony come from?
From Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -gony.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).