adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to biology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
biological
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- biological mother
- biological father
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, not-comparable, proscribed
Qualifier: non-native speakers' English
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A biological product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
of parents and children; related by blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- biological child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: adoptive
adjective
Meaning 7
pertaining to biology or to life and living things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biologic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English biological From biology + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: biologjik — of biology
- Arabic: بِيُولُوجِيّ (biyūlūjiyy) — of biology
- Arabic: أَحْيَائِي (ʔaḥyāʔī) — of biology
- Armenian: կենսաբանական (kensabanakan) — of biology
- Asturian: biolóxicu — of biology
- Azerbaijani: bioloji — of biology
- Belarusian: біялагі́чны (bijalahíčny) — of biology
- Bulgarian: биологичен (biologičen) — of biology
- Catalan: biològic — of biology
- Chinese Mandarin: 生物 (shēngwù) — of biology
- Crimean Tatar: biologik — of biology
- Czech: biologický — of biology
- Danish: biologisk — of biology
- Dutch: biologisch — of biology
- Dutch: biologische — of biology
- Esperanto: biologia — of biology
- Finnish: biologinen — of biology
- French: biologique — of biology
- Galician: biolóxico — of biology
- Georgian: ბიოლოგიური (biologiuri) — of biology
- German: biologisch — of biology
- Greek: βιολογικός (viologikós) — of biology
- Hungarian: biológiai — of biology
- Indonesian: biologis — of biology
- Irish: bitheolaíoch — of biology
- Irish: bitheolaíochta — of biology
- Italian: biologico — of biology
- Japanese: 生物学の (seibutsugaku no) — of biology
- Kazakh: биологиялық (biologiälyq) — of biology
- Korean: 생물학의 (saengmulhag-ui) — of biology
- Latin: biologicus — of biology
- Latvian: bioloģisks — of biology
- Luxembourgish: biologesch — of biology
- Macedonian: биоло́шки (biolóški) — of biology
- Marathi: जैविक (jaivik) — of biology
- Occitan: biologic — of biology
- Polish: biologiczny — of biology
- Portuguese: biológico — of biology
- Romanian: biologic — of biology
- Russian: биологи́ческий (biologíčeskij) — of biology
- Slovak: biologický — of biology
- Spanish: biológico — of biology
- Swahili: kibiolojia — of biology
- Tagalog: haynayin — of biology
- Tagalog: haynayanin — of biology
- Turkish: biyolojik — of biology
- Turkish: dirim bilimsel — of biology
- Ukrainian: біологі́чний (biolohíčnyj) — of biology
- Welsh: biolegol — of biology
- Yiddish: ביאָלאָגיש (byologish) — of biology
- Azerbaijani: doğma — consanguine
- Chinese Mandarin: 親生 /亲生 (qīnshēng) — consanguine
- Czech: biologický — consanguine
- Dutch: biologisch — consanguine
- Dutch: biologische — consanguine
- Finnish: biologinen — consanguine
- French: biologique — consanguine
- Georgian: ბიოლოგიური (biologiuri) — consanguine
- Georgian: სისხლით (sisxlit) — consanguine
- German: leiblich — consanguine
- German: biologisch — consanguine
- Hungarian: biológiai — consanguine
- Italian: consanguineo — consanguine
- Japanese: 実の (jitsu no) — consanguine
- Macedonian: роден (roden) — consanguine
- Macedonian: крвен (krven) — consanguine
- Macedonian: биоло́шки (biolóški) — consanguine
- Polish: biologiczny — consanguine
- Portuguese: biológico — consanguine
- Russian: биологи́ческий (biologíčeskij) — consanguine
- Russian: кро́вный (króvnyj) — consanguine
- Russian: родно́й (rodnój) — consanguine
- Spanish: biológico — consanguine
- Spanish: consanguíneo — consanguine
- Turkish: biyolojik — consanguine
- Yiddish: ביאָלאָגיש (byologish) — consanguine
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