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limnology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The science concerning the biological, physical and geological properties of fresh water bodies, especially lakes and ponds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: earth science

History

Etymology

From limno- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: лімналогія (limnalóhija) — science of lakes
  • Belarusian: азёразнаўства (azjóraznawstva) — science of lakes
  • Catalan: limnologia — science of lakes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湖沼學 /湖沼学 (húzhǎoxué) — science of lakes
  • Czech: limnologie — science of lakes
  • Estonian: järveteadus — science of lakes
  • Finnish: järvitiede — science of lakes
  • French: limnologie — science of lakes
  • Galician: limnoloxía — science of lakes
  • German: Limnologie — science of lakes
  • German: Seenkunde — science of lakes
  • German: Gewässerökologie — science of lakes
  • Hindi: सरोवरविज्ञान (sarovarvijñān) — science of lakes
  • Hungarian: belvíztan — science of lakes
  • Icelandic: vatnalíffræði — science of lakes
  • Irish: linneolaíocht — science of lakes
  • Japanese: 陸水学 (rikusuigaku) — science of lakes
  • Japanese: 湖沼学 (koshōgaku) — science of lakes
  • Kazakh: көлтану (költanu) — science of lakes
  • Korean: 육수학 (yuksuhak) — science of lakes
  • Lithuanian: ežerótyra — science of lakes
  • Lithuanian: limnològija — science of lakes
  • Polish: limnologia — science of lakes
  • Portuguese: limnologia — science of lakes
  • Russian: лимноло́гия (limnológija) — science of lakes
  • Russian: озероведение (ozerovedenije) — science of lakes
  • Sinhalese: තඩාග විද්යාව (taḍāga widyāwa) — science of lakes
  • Sinhalese: සාරස විද්යාව (sārasa widyāwa) — science of lakes
  • Spanish: limnología — science of lakes
  • Swedish: limnologi — science of lakes
  • Thai: ชลธารวิทยา — science of lakes
  • Uzbek: koʻlshunoslik — science of lakes