oenology
/iˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/noun
oenology is a noun meaning “The scientific study of wines and winemaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-E-N-O-L-O-G-Y and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does oenology mean?
noun
- 1
The scientific study of wines and winemaking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce oenology?
- UK /iˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- US /iˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Oenology 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: En-us-oenology.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of oenology
- enology US
- oinology
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is oenology?
Oenology appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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).
Oenology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense scientific study of wines:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | œnologie |
| German | Weinwissenschaft, Önologie, Kellerwirtschaft, Weinbau, Weinkunde |
| Portuguese | enologia |
| Spanish | enología |
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 oenology come from?
From oeno- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).