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cynology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of dogs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1951, The American Mercury, Students of cynology can trace in the dictionary the dog's remarkable rise in the public esteem in this century.
  • 1985, The Complete Dog Book, published by the American Kennel Club, The annals of cynology make no further mention of the breed until 1901 when a combined Rottweiler and Leonberger Club was formed.
  • 1990, Austin Farrer, in his introduction to G. W. Leibniz’ Theodicy; quoted in Charles Taliaferro’s 2005 Evidence and Faith, Now neither probatology nor cynology could hope to be universal — the world is not all sheep nor all dog: it would have to be hylology; ...

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History

Etymology

From cyno- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Buryat: кинологи (kinologi) — study of dogs
  • Czech: kynologie — study of dogs
  • Dutch: kynologie — study of dogs
  • Esperanto: cinologio — study of dogs
  • Finnish: kynologia — study of dogs
  • French: cynologie — study of dogs
  • Italian: cinologia — study of dogs
  • Khmer: សុនខវិទ្យា (so’nɑk vityie) — study of dogs
  • Macedonian: киноло́гија (kinológija) — study of dogs
  • Malay: kinologi — study of dogs
  • Malay: kaji anjing — study of dogs
  • Polish: kynologia — study of dogs
  • Portuguese: cinologia — study of dogs
  • Russian: кинология (kinologija) — study of dogs
  • Serbo-Croatian: kinològija — study of dogs
  • Slovak: kynológia — study of dogs
  • Spanish: cinología — study of dogs
  • Swedish: kynologi — study of dogs