sinologie
French, noun/si.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
sinologie is spelled S-I-N-O-L-O-G-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinologie is a French feminine noun meaning “sinology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étude de la langue et de l’écriture des Chinois; connaissance des mœurs et de l’histoire de ce peuple”.
What does sinologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesinology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étude de la langue et de l’écriture des Chinois; connaissance des mœurs et de l’histoire de ce peuple.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sinologie
- sinologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinologie?
- /si.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
- \si.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sinologie in French?
sinologie appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).