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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- +‎ -gony.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni/
(General American) IPA^(key): /kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /kɔzˈmɔɡ.ə.ni/
Audio (UK): (file)

Noun

cosmogony (countable and uncountable, plural cosmogonies)

The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
- 1758 September, The Monthly Review, London, page 301:
  Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics.
Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
The creation of the universe.

Synonyms

cosmogenesis, cosmogeny, cosmology; hexameron (biblical)

Derived terms

Translations

the study of the origin of the universe

Afrikaans: kosmogonie
Albanian: kozmogonia f
Armenian: կոսմոգոնիա (hy) (kosmogonia)
Asturian: cosmogonía f
Azerbaijani: kosmoqoniya
Basque: kosmogonia
Bulgarian: космогония f (kosmogonija)
Catalan: cosmogonia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宇宙進化論 / 宇宙进化论 (zh) (yǔzhòu jìnhuàlùn)
Chuvash: космогони (kosmogoni)
Czech: kosmogonie f
Danish: kosmogoni c
Dutch: kosmogonie f
Esperanto: kosmogonio
Estonian: kosmogoonia
Finnish: kosmogonia (fi)
French: cosmogonie (fr) f
Galician: cosmogonía (gl) f
Georgian: კოსმოგონია (ḳosmogonia)
German: Kosmogonie (de) f
Greek: κοσμογονία (el) f (kosmogonía)
Hebrew: קוֹסְמוֹגוֹנְיָה (he) f (kosmogonya)
Hungarian: kozmogónia (hu)
Ido: kosmogonio (io)
Indonesian: kosmogoni (id)
Irish: bunús na cruinne m
Italian: cosmogonia (it) f
Japanese: 宇宙進化論 (うちゅうしんかろん, uchūshinkaron)
Kazakh: космогония (kosmogoniä)
Korean: 우주기원론 (ujugiwollon)
Kyrgyz: космогония (kosmogoniya)
Latin: cosmogonia f
Lithuanian: kosmogonija f
Macedonian: космогонија f (kosmogonija)
Malay: kosmogoni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kosmogoni m

Nynorsk: kosmogoni m
Occitan: cosmogonia f
Polish: kosmogonia (pl) f
Portuguese: cosmogonia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਕੌਸਮੋਗੋਨੀ ? (kausmogonī)
Romanian: cosmogonie (ro) f
Russian: космого́ния (ru) f (kosmogónija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: космогонија f

Roman: kosmogonija f
Slovak: kozmogónia f
Spanish: cosmogonía f
Swedish: kosmogoni (sv) c
Tagalog: mulmayawan, kosmogoniya
Tatar: космогония (qosmoğoniyä)
Thai: ทฤษฎีการกำเนิดจักรวาล (trít-sà-dee gaan gam-nèrt jàk-grà-waan)
Turkish: kozmogoni (tr)
Ukrainian: космогонія f (kosmohonija)
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: космогония (uz) (kosmogoniya)

Roman: kosmogoniya (uz)
Welsh: cosmogoni m

References

“cosmogony”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
cosmogony in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed.
cosmogony in Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., at Bartleby.com.
cosmogony by John Peter Arendzen, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1913.