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ecologist

ecologist

English

Alternative forms

œcologist (archaic)

Noun

ecologist ‎(plural ecologists)

A scholar of ecology.

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Translations

A scientist who studies ecology

Asturian: ecólogu m
Catalan: ecòleg m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生態學家 (zh), 生态学家 (zh) ‎(shēngtaìxúejiā)
Czech: ekolog m
Dutch: ecoloog (nl) m
Finnish: ekologi (fi)
French: écologue (fr) m, f, écologiste (fr) m, f
Galician: ecoloxista (gl)
German: Ökologe (de) m, (female) Ökologin f

Hungarian: ökológus (hu)
Italian: ecologista (it) m, f, ecologo m
Japanese: 環境学者 ‎(かんきょうがくしゃ, kankyōgakusha)
Norman: écologiste m, f
Latvian: ekologs m, ekoloģe f
Polish: ekolog (pl) m
Portuguese: ecologista (pt) m, f, ecólogo m
Romanian: ecologist m
Russian: эко́лог (ru) m ‎(ekólog)
Spanish: ecólogo (es) m, ecóloga f
Swedish: ekolog (sv) c
Volapük: (♂♀) köologan, (♂) hiköologan, (♀) jiköologan

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: eco‧lo‧gist

Etymology

eco- +‎ -loog +‎ -ist

Noun

ecologist m ‎(plural ecologisten, diminutive ecologistje n)

An environmentalist
Je moet geen ecoloog zijn om ecologist te worden
You don't need to be an ecologist to become an environmentalist

Related terms

ecologie
ecologisme m
ecoloog m