noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/maɪˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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US:/maɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
CMU ARPABET:M AY0 K AA1 L AH0 JH IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The study of fungi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fungology
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: botany, phytology
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, myco- + -logy; diachronically, the term may be naturalized from French or German, from a New Latin form.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
mikologie
— study of fungi
Albanian:
mikologji
— study of fungi
Arabic:
عَلْم الفَطْرِيَات
(ʕalm al-faṭriyāt)
— study of fungi
Armenian:
սնկաբանություն
(snkabanutʻyun)
— study of fungi
Asturian:
micoloxía
— study of fungi
Azerbaijani:
mikologiya
— study of fungi
Bengali:
ছত্রাকবিজ্ঞান
(chotrakbiggên)
— study of fungi
Breton:
foueoniezh
— study of fungi
Bulgarian:
микология
(mikologija)
— study of fungi
Catalan:
micologia
— study of fungi
Chinese Mandarin:
真菌學 /真菌学
(zhēnjùnxué)
— study of fungi
Czech:
mykologie
— study of fungi
Danish:
mykologi
— study of fungi
Dutch:
mycologie
— study of fungi
Esperanto:
mikologio
— study of fungi
Esperanto:
fungoscienco
— study of fungi
Estonian:
mükoloogia
— study of fungi
Estonian:
seeneteadus
— study of fungi
Finnish:
mykologia
— study of fungi
Finnish:
sienitiede
— study of fungi
French:
mycologie
— study of fungi
Galician:
micoloxía
— study of fungi
Georgian:
მიკოლოგია
(miḳologia)
— study of fungi
German:
Mykologie
— study of fungi
German:
Pilzkunde
— study of fungi
Greek:
μυκητολογία
(mykitología)
— study of fungi
Hawaiian:
kālaikalina
— study of fungi
Hindi:
कवक विज्ञान
(kavak vijñān)
— study of fungi
Hungarian:
gombatan
— study of fungi
Icelandic:
sveppafræði
— study of fungi
Ido:
mikologio
— study of fungi
Indonesian:
mikologi
— study of fungi
Irish:
míceolaíocht
— study of fungi
Italian:
micologia
— study of fungi
Japanese:
菌類学
(kinruigaku)
— study of fungi
Korean:
균류학
(gyullyuhak)
— study of fungi
Northern Kurdish:
mîkolojî
— study of fungi
Northern Kurdish:
kivarknasî
— study of fungi
Latin:
mycologia
— study of fungi
Latvian:
mikoloģija
— study of fungi
Lithuanian:
mikologija
— study of fungi
Low German:
Mykologie
— study of fungi
Macedonian:
микологија
(mikologija)
— study of fungi
Malay:
kaji kulat
— study of fungi
Malay:
mikologi
— study of fungi
Manx:
fliughane-oaylleeaght
— study of fungi
Norwegian Bokmål:
mykologi
— study of fungi
Norwegian Nynorsk:
mykologi
— study of fungi
Polish:
mykologia
— study of fungi
Polish:
mikologia
— study of fungi
Portuguese:
micologia
— study of fungi
Romanian:
micologie
— study of fungi
Russian:
микология
(mikologija)
— study of fungi
Serbo-Croatian:
микологија
— study of fungi
Serbo-Croatian:
mikologija
— study of fungi
Slovak:
mykológia
— study of fungi
Slovene:
mikologija
— study of fungi
Spanish:
micología
— study of fungi
Swedish:
mykologi
— study of fungi
Swedish:
svampkännedom
— study of fungi
Tamil:
காளானியல்
(kāḷāṉiyal)
— study of fungi
Turkish:
mikoloji
— study of fungi
Turkish:
mantar bilimi
— study of fungi
Ukrainian:
міколо́гія
(mikolóhija)
— study of fungi
Ukrainian:
грибозна́вство
(hryboznávstvo)
— study of fungi