Ornithology

Orˊni-thol′o-gy

,

Noun.

[

Ornitho-

+

-logy

: cf. F.

ornithologie

.]

1.

That branch of Zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

2.

A treatise or book on this science.

Ornithology

ORNITHOL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. a fowl, and discourse.]

The science of fowls, which comprises a knowledge of their form, structure, habits and uses.

ornithology

English

Noun

ornithology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ornithologies)

The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.

Synonyms

Translations

scientific study of birds

Afrikaans: voëlkunde
Albanian: ornitologji
Arabic: عَلِمَ الطَائِر m ‎(ʿalima ṭ-ṭāʾir)
Armenian: օրնիթոլոգիա ‎(ōrnitʿologia)
Assamese: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান ‎(pôkxībijñān)
Asturian: ornitoloxía f
Azeri: ornitologiya
Balinese: ᬧᬓ᭄ᬲᬶᬯᬶᬤ᭄ᬬ ‎(paksiwidya)
Basque: ornitologia (eu)
Belarusian: арніталогія f ‎(arnitalohija)
Bengali: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান ‎(pôkṣībijñān)
Breton: evnoniezh (br)
Bulgarian: орнитология f ‎(ornitologija)
Catalan: ornitologia f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 鳥類學 (zh), 鸟类学 (zh) ‎(niǎolèixué)

Min Nan: 鳥類學 ‎(chiáu-lūi-ha̍k)
Czech: ornitologie (cs) f
Danish: ornitologi (da) c
Dutch: vogelkunde f, ornithologie (nl) f
Esperanto: ornitologio
Estonian: ornitoloogia (et), linnuteadus (et)
Finnish: lintutiede (fi), ornitologia (fi)
French: ornithologie (fr) f
Galician: ornitoloxía (gl) f
Georgian: ორნითოლოგია ‎(ornitologia)
German: Ornithologie (de) f, Vogelkunde (de) f
Greek: ορνιθολογία (el) f ‎(ornithología)
Gujarati: પક્ષીવિદ્યા ‎(pakṣīvidyā)
Hebrew: אורניתולוגיה (he) f ‎(ornitológya), אוֹרְנִיתוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f ‎(ornitológya)
Hindi: पक्षीविज्ञान ‎(pakṣīvijñān)
Hungarian: ornitológia (hu), madártan (hu)
Icelandic: fuglafræði (is) f
Ido: ornitologio (io)
Indonesian: ornitologi (id)
Irish: éaneolaíocht f
Italian: ornitologia (it) f
Japanese: 鳥類学 (ja) ‎(ちょうるいがく, chōruigaku)
Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕಿಯರಿಮೆ (kn) ‎(hakkiyarime), ಪಕ್ಷಿವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (kn) ‎(pakṣivijñāna)

Kazakh: орнитология ‎(ornïtologïya)
Korean: 조류학 ‎(joryuhak)
Kyrgyz: орнитология ‎(ornitologiya)
Latin: ornithologia f
Latvian: ornitoloģija f
Lithuanian: ornitologija f
Macedonian: орнитологија f ‎(ornitologija)
Malay: kaji burung, ornitologi
Malayalam: പക്ഷിനിരീക്ഷണശാസ്ത്രം ‎(pakṣinirīkṣaṇaśāstraṃ)
Maori: mātai manu
Marathi: पक्षीशास्त्र ‎(pakṣīśāstra)
Mongolian: шувуу судлал ‎(šuvuu sudlal)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ornitologi (no) m

Nynorsk: ornitologi m
Persian: پرنده‌شناسی (fa) ‎(parande-šenâsi)
Polish: ornitologia (pl) f
Portuguese: ornitologia (pt) f
Romanian: ornitologie (ro) f
Russian: орнитоло́гия (ru) f ‎(ornitológija)
Scottish Gaelic: eun-eòlas m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: орнитологија f
Roman: ornitologija (sh) f

Slovak: ornitológia (sk) f
Slovene: ornitologija (sl) f
Spanish: ornitología (es) f
Swedish: ornitologi (sv) c
Tagalog: dalub-ibunan, palaibunan
Tamil: பறவையியல் (ta) ‎(paṟavaiyiyal)
Thai: ปักษีวิทยา ‎(pak-see-wit-ta-ya)
Turkish: kuşbilim, ornitoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: орнітологія (uk) f ‎(ornitolohija)
Vietnamese: khoa nghiên cứu chim
Volapük: bödav (vo)
Welsh: adareg
West Frisian: fûgelkunde

References

↑ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

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