chronological

English

Etymology

From chrono- +‎ -logical or chronology +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/

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• Hyphenation: chro‧no‧log‧i‧cal

Adjective

chronological (comparative more chronological, superlative most chronological)

1. Relating to time, or units of time.

   He is 67 in chronological age, but has the mind and body of someone 55.

2. In order of time from the earliest to the latest.

   The live report lists all the events in chronological order.

   • 8 November 2014, Kirsty Gunn, “A Book of Death and Fish by Ian Stephen – review”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A Book of Death and Fish is about one Peter MacAulay, an unremarkable individual who has the sea and its promises always with him, experiencing the usual strains of growing up and growing old – the death of a friend, his parents, marriage and children – all set out in chronological order and divided into two books, Migration and Turbulence.

Derived terms

• achronological
• antichronological
• astrochronological
• biochronological
• cosmochronological
• dendrochronological
• geochronological
• gyrochronological
• lepidochronological
• magnetochronological
• nonchronological
• palaeochronological
• paleochronological
• ptilochronological
• radiochronological
• sclerochronological
• skeletochronological
• tephrochronological
• thermochronological
• typochronological
• unchronological

Related terms

• chronological age
• chronologically
• chronological order
• chronology
• chronicle, which see for more
• chronograph

Translations

in order of time from the earliest to the latest

• Afrikaans: chronologies, kronologies
• Arabic: مُرَتَّب زَمَنِيَّا (murattab zamaniyyā)
• Armenian: ժամանակագրական (hy) (žamanakagrakan)
• Belarusian: храналагі́чны (xranalahíčny)
• Bulgarian: хронологически (hronologičeski)
• Catalan: cronològic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按時間先後 / 按时间先后 (àn shíjiān xiānhòu)

• Czech: chronologický
• Danish: kronologisk
• Dutch: chronologisch (nl)
• Esperanto: kronologia, tempa
• Estonian: kronoloogiline
• Finnish: kronologinen (fi)
• French: chronologique (fr)
• Galician: cronolóxico
• Georgian: ქრონოლოგიური (kronologiuri)
• German: chronologisch (de), zeitlich (de)
• Greek: χρονολογικός (el) (chronologikós)
• Hebrew: כּרוֹנוֹלוֹגִי (he)
• Hungarian: időrendi (hu), kronológiai, kronologikus (hu)
• Indonesian: kronologis (id)
• Irish: cróineolaíoch
• Italian: cronologico (it)
• Japanese: 経時的 (けいじてき, keijiteki)
• Kazakh: хронологиялық (xronologiälyq)
• Korean: 연대기의 (yeondaegiui)
• Latvian: hronoloģisks
• Lithuanian: chronologinis, chronologiškas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kronologisk

  Nynorsk: kronologisk

• Persian: زمانی (fa) (zamâni)
• Polish: chronologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: cronológico (pt)
• Romanian: cronologic (ro) m
• Russian: хронологический (ru) (xronologičeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хронолошки (Bosnia, Serbia), кронолошки (Croatia)

  Roman: hronološki (Bosnia, Serbia), kronološki (sh) (Croatia)

• Slovak: chronologický
• Slovene: kronološki
• Spanish: cronológico (es)
• Swedish: kronologisk (sv)
• Turkish: kronolojik (tr)
• Ukrainian: хронологічний (xronolohičnyj)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “chronological”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.