biology

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• Received-Pronunciation: /baɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
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• General-American: /baɪˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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• South-Asia: /baj(ɵ)ˈlɔdʒi/
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• South-Asia: /baˈjɔlədʒi/
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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 Borrowed from New Latin biologia (1766), itself from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). By surface analysis, bio- + -logy. In English, first attested in the modern meaning in the work of English physician Thomas Beddoes in 1799. The term is also recorded in the sense of a biographical history in the work of Dudley Loftus in 1686, but this is considered by the Oxford English Dictionary to be an isolated use. The modern Greek βιολογία (viología) is borrowed from the English term and French biologie via international scientific vocabulary. Piecewise doublet of zoology.

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: biologie — study of living matter
• Albanian: biologji — study of living matter
• Arabic: عِلْم اَلْأَحْيَاء (ʕilm al-ʔaḥyāʔ) — study of living matter
• Arabic: بِيُولُوجِيَا (biyulūjiyā) — study of living matter
• Arabic: أحيا (ʔaḥya) — study of living matter
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܠܦܵܢ ܚܲܝܘܼܬܵܐ (yulpan ḳāyuta) — study of living matter
• Armenian: կենսաբանություն (kensabanutʻyun) — study of living matter
• Assamese: জীৱ বিজ্ঞান (ziw biggan) — study of living matter
• Asturian: bioloxía — study of living matter
• Azerbaijani: biologiya — study of living matter
• Balinese: jiwawidya — study of living matter
• Basque: biologia — study of living matter
• Belarusian: біяло́гія (bijalóhija) — study of living matter
• Belarusian: біёлё́гія (bijoljóhija) — study of living matter
• Belarusian: біолё́гія (bioljóhija) — study of living matter
• Bengali: জীববিজ্ঞান (jibbiggên) — study of living matter
• Breton: bevoniezh — study of living matter
• Buginese: ᨅᨗᨕᨚᨒᨚᨁᨗ — study of living matter
• Bulgarian: биология (biologija) — study of living matter
• Burmese: ဇီဝဗေဒ (jiwa.beda.) — study of living matter
• Buryat: биологи (biologi) — study of living matter
• Buryat: амин шудалал (amin šudalal) — study of living matter
• Catalan: biologia — study of living matter
• Chinese Cantonese: 生物學 /生物学 (saang1 mat9 hok9) — study of living matter
• Hakka Chinese: 生物學 /生物学 (sâng-vu̍t-ho̍k) — study of living matter
• Chinese: 生物學 /生物学 (seng-bu̍t-ha̍k) — study of living matter
• Chinese Mandarin: 生物學 /生物学 (shēngwùxué) — study of living matter
• Cornish: bywonieth — study of living matter
• Czech: biologie — study of living matter
• Danish: biologi — study of living matter
• Dhivehi: ދިރުމާބެހޭ އިލްމު (dirumābehē ilmu) — study of living matter
• Dinka: piöcëpïr — study of living matter
• Dutch: biologie — study of living matter
• Esperanto: biologio — study of living matter
• Estonian: bioloogia — study of living matter
• Estonian: eluteadus — study of living matter
• Farefare: vɔbõnkarẽŋrɛ — study of living matter
• Faroese: lívfrøði — study of living matter
• Finnish: biologia — study of living matter
• French: biologie — study of living matter
• Galician: bioloxía — study of living matter
• Georgian: ბიოლოგია (biologia) — study of living matter
• German: Biologie — study of living matter
• Greek: βιολογία (viología) — study of living matter
• Greenlandic: biologii — study of living matter
• Greenlandic: uumassusililerineq — study of living matter
• Gujarati: જીવવિજ્ઞાન (jīvvijñān) — study of living matter
• Hawaiian: kālaimeaola — study of living matter
• Hebrew: ביולוגיה (biologia) — study of living matter
• Hindi: जीवविज्ञान (jīvvijñān) — study of living matter
• Hindi: जैविकी (jaivikī) — study of living matter
• Hungarian: biológia — study of living matter
• Icelandic: líffræði — study of living matter
• Ido: biologio — study of living matter
• Indonesian: biologi — study of living matter
• Indonesian: ilmu hayat — study of living matter
• Interlingua: biologia — study of living matter
• Inuktitut: ᐆᒪᔅᓱᓯᖃᕐᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ (oomassosiqartoliriniq) — study of living matter
• Irish: bitheolaíocht — study of living matter
• Italian: biologia — study of living matter
• Japanese: 生物学 (seibutsugaku) — study of living matter
• Kannada: ಜೀವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (jīvaśāstra) — study of living matter
• Khmer: ជីវវិទ្យា (chiivea vityie) — study of living matter
• Korean: 생물학 (saengmulhak) — study of living matter
• Central Kurdish: ژینناسی (jînnasî) — study of living matter
• Northern Kurdish: biyolojî — study of living matter
• Northern Kurdish: jiyannasî — study of living matter
• Northern Kurdish: zîndewerzanî — study of living matter
• Lao: ຊີວະສາດ (sī wa sāt) — study of living matter
• Latin: biologia — study of living matter
• Latvian: bioloģija — study of living matter
• Lithuanian: biologija — study of living matter
• Malay: biologi — study of living matter
• Malay: kaji hayat — study of living matter
• Malayalam: ജീവശാസ്ത്രം (jīvaśāstraṁ) — study of living matter
• Maltese: bioloġija — study of living matter
• Manx: bea-oaylleeaght — study of living matter
• Māori: mātauranga koiora — study of living matter
• Marathi: जीवशास्त्र (jīvśāstra) — study of living matter
• Mongolian: биологи (biologi) — study of living matter
• Mongolian: амин судлал (amin sudlal) — study of living matter
• Mongolian: амьд бодисын судлал (amʹd bodisyn sudlal) — study of living matter
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠣᠯᠣᠭᠢ (bioloɣi) — study of living matter
• Mongolian: ᠠᠮᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (amin sudulul) — study of living matter
• Mongolian: ᠠᠮᠢᠳᠤ ᠪᠣᠳᠢᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (amidu bodis-ün sudulul) — study of living matter
• Nahuatl: yolizmatiliztli — study of living matter
• Norwegian Bokmål: biologi — study of living matter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: biologi — study of living matter
• Occitan: biologia — study of living matter
• Pashto: ژوندپوهنه (žwandpohəna) — study of living matter
• Persian: زیستشناسی (zist-šenâsi) — study of living matter
• Persian: بیولوژی (biyoloži) — study of living matter
• Plautdietsch: Läwenslia — study of living matter
• Polish: biologia — study of living matter
• Portuguese: biologia — study of living matter
• Punjabi: ਜੀਵ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (jīv vigiāna) — study of living matter
• Quechua: kawsay yachay — study of living matter
• Romanian: biologie — study of living matter
• Russian: биоло́гия (biológija) — study of living matter
• Scots: biologie — study of living matter
• Scottish Gaelic: bith-eòlas — study of living matter
• Serbo-Croatian: биологија — study of living matter
• Serbo-Croatian: biologija — study of living matter
• Shona: ketaupenyu — study of living matter
• Sindhi: جِياڀياسُ (jīābhyāsu) — study of living matter
• Sinhalese: ජීවවිද්යාව (jīwawidyāwa) — study of living matter
• Slovak: biológia — study of living matter
• Slovene: biologija — study of living matter
• Lower Sorbian: biologija — study of living matter
• Upper Sorbian: biologija — study of living matter
• Spanish: biología — study of living matter
• Swahili: biolojia — study of living matter
• Swahili: elimuviumbe — study of living matter
• Swedish: biologi — study of living matter
• Swedish: fortplantningsbeteende — study of living matter
• Tagalog: biyolohiya — study of living matter
• Tagalog: haynayan — study of living matter
• Tamil: உயிரியல் (uyiriyal) — study of living matter
• Telugu: జీవశాస్త్రము (jīvaśāstramu) — study of living matter
• Thai: ชีววิทยา (chii-wá-wít-tá-yaa) — study of living matter
• Turkish: biyoloji — study of living matter
• Turkish: dirim bilimi — study of living matter
• Turkish: yaşam bilimi — study of living matter
• Turkish: canlı bilimi — study of living matter
• Ukrainian: біологія (biolohija) — study of living matter
• Urdu: حیاتیات (hiatiyaat) — study of living matter
• Vietnamese: sinh học — study of living matter
• Vietnamese: sinh vật học — study of living matter
• Volapük: lifav — study of living matter
• Welsh: bioleg — study of living matter
• Welsh: bywydeg — study of living matter
• Yiddish: ביאָלאָגיע (byologye) — study of living matter
• Yoruba: bàọ́lọ́jì — study of living matter
• Yoruba: bàyọ́lọ́jì — study of living matter
• Polish: biologia — structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism