noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ō(w)ŏ′ləjē
Received-Pronunciation:/əʊ̯ˈ(w)ɒləd͡ʒi/
UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/oʊ̯ˈ(w)ɑləd͡ʒi/
rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
1
noun
Meaning 1
The study of birds' eggs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ovology
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs, especially those of wild birds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: birdnesting, egging
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zoology, zoological science
History
Etymology
From oo- (“relating to eggs or ova”, prefix) + -logy (“branch of learning or study of a subject”, suffix). The word is cognate with French oologie, Late Latin ōologia.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
аало́гія
(aalóhija)
— study of birds' eggs
Central Bikol:
oolohiya
— study of birds' eggs
Catalan:
oologia
— study of birds' eggs
Chinese Mandarin:
鳥卵學 /鸟卵学
(niǎoluǎnxué)
— study of birds' eggs
Danish:
oologi
— study of birds' eggs
Esperanto:
oologio
— study of birds' eggs
Esperanto:
ovologio
— study of birds' eggs
Estonian:
munateadus
— study of birds' eggs
Estonian:
ooloogia
— study of birds' eggs
Finnish:
oologia
— study of birds' eggs
French:
oologie
— study of birds' eggs
French:
ovologie
— study of birds' eggs
Galician:
ooloxía
— study of birds' eggs
Georgian:
ოოლოგია
(oologia)
— study of birds' eggs
German:
Oologie
— study of birds' eggs
Hungarian:
oológia
— study of birds' eggs
Icelandic:
eggjafræði
— study of birds' eggs
Ido:
oologio
— study of birds' eggs
Ido:
ovologio
— study of birds' eggs
Interlingua:
oologia
— study of birds' eggs
Interlingua:
ovologia
— study of birds' eggs
Italian:
oologìa
— study of birds' eggs
Japanese:
鳥卵学
(chōrangaku)
— study of birds' eggs
Northern Kurdish:
olojî
— study of birds' eggs
Northern Kurdish:
hêknasî
— study of birds' eggs
Latin:
ōologia
— study of birds' eggs
Luxembourgish:
Oologie
— study of birds' eggs
Norwegian Bokmål:
oologi
— study of birds' eggs
Norwegian Nynorsk:
oologi
— study of birds' eggs
Polish:
oologia
— study of birds' eggs
Polish:
owologia
— study of birds' eggs
Portuguese:
oologia
— study of birds' eggs
Romanian:
oologie
— study of birds' eggs
Romanian:
ovologie
— study of birds' eggs
Russian:
ооло́гия
(oológija)
— study of birds' eggs
Serbo-Croatian:
ооло̀гија
— study of birds' eggs
Serbo-Croatian:
oològija
— study of birds' eggs
Slovak:
oológia
— study of birds' eggs
Spanish:
oología
— study of birds' eggs
Swedish:
oologi
— study of birds' eggs
Tagalog:
oolohiya
— study of birds' eggs
Ukrainian:
ооло́гія
(oolóhija)
— study of birds' eggs
Waray-Waray:
oolohiya
— study of birds' eggs
Belarusian:
збор яек
(zbor jajek)
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Finnish:
lintujen munien keräily
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Finnish:
oologia
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Northern Kurdish:
olojî
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Northern Kurdish:
komkirina hêkan
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Polish:
oologia
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Polish:
owologia
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Serbo-Croatian:
ооло̀гија
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
Serbo-Croatian:
oològija
— hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs
