ethology

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From the Latin ēthologia (“the art of depicting or imitating character”), from the Ancient Greek ἠθολογία (ēthología, “painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”), from ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting character by mimic gestures”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, especially moral character”). Equivalent to etho- + -logy.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: etologia — study of human and animal behaviour
• Chinese Mandarin: 動物行為學 /动物行为学 (dòngwù xíngwéixué) — study of human and animal behaviour
• Czech: etologie — study of human and animal behaviour
• Danish: etologi — study of human and animal behaviour
• Dutch: ethologie — study of human and animal behaviour
• Dutch: gedragsbiologie — study of human and animal behaviour
• Finnish: käyttäytymistiede — study of human and animal behaviour
• Finnish: eläinpsykologia — study of human and animal behaviour
• Finnish: etologia — study of human and animal behaviour
• French: éthologie — study of human and animal behaviour
• Galician: etoloxía — study of human and animal behaviour
• German: Ethologie — study of human and animal behaviour
• Greek: ηθολογία (ithología) — study of human and animal behaviour
• Hindi: आचारशास्त्र (ācārśāstra) — study of human and animal behaviour
• Hungarian: etológia — study of human and animal behaviour
• Hungarian: állatviselkedés-tan — study of human and animal behaviour
• Icelandic: atferlisfræði — study of human and animal behaviour
• Icelandic: hátternisfræði — study of human and animal behaviour
• Ido: etologio — study of human and animal behaviour
• Irish: eiteolaíocht — study of human and animal behaviour
• Italian: etologia — study of human and animal behaviour
• Japanese: 動物行動学 (dōbutsu kōdōgaku) — study of human and animal behaviour
• Latin: ēthologia — study of human and animal behaviour
• Malay: kaji tingkah laku — study of human and animal behaviour
• Malay: etologi — study of human and animal behaviour
• Polish: etologia — study of human and animal behaviour
• Portuguese: etologia — study of human and animal behaviour
• Romanian: etologie — study of human and animal behaviour
• Russian: этоло́гия (etológija) — study of human and animal behaviour
• Spanish: etología — study of human and animal behaviour
• Swedish: etologi — study of human and animal behaviour
• Turkish: etoloji — study of human and animal behaviour
• Ukrainian: этоло́гія (ètolóhija) — study of human and animal behaviour
• Vietnamese: phong tục học — study of human and animal behaviour
• Vietnamese: tập tính học — study of human and animal behaviour