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ornithology

noun · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒi/
  • General-American: /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑlədʒi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: AO2 R N IH0 TH AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: birdlore, fowl-lore

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of zoology that studies birds

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 New Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos), from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos). See also ornitho- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voëlkunde — scientific study of birds
  • Albanian: ornitologji — scientific study of birds
  • Arabic: عَلِمَ الطَائِر (ʕalima ṭ-ṭāʔir) — scientific study of birds
  • Arabic: عَلِم الطُيُور (ʕalim aṭ-ṭuyūr) — scientific study of birds
  • Armenian: օրնիթոլոգիա (ōrnitʻologia) — scientific study of birds
  • Armenian: թռչնաբանություն (tʻṙčʻnabanutʻyun) — scientific study of birds
  • Assamese: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান (pokhibiggan) — scientific study of birds
  • Asturian: ornitoloxía — scientific study of birds
  • Azerbaijani: ornitologiya — scientific study of birds
  • Balinese: paksiwidya — scientific study of birds
  • Bashkir: орнитоло́гия (ornitológiya) — scientific study of birds
  • Basque: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • Belarusian: арніталогія (arnitalóhija) — scientific study of birds
  • Bengali: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান (pokkhibiggên) — scientific study of birds
  • Breton: evnoniezh — scientific study of birds
  • Bulgarian: орнитоло́гия (ornitológija) — scientific study of birds
  • Burmese: သကုဏဗေဒ (sa.ku.na.beda.) — scientific study of birds
  • Catalan: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鳥類學 /鸟类学 (niu5 leoi6 hok6) — scientific study of birds
  • Chinese: 鳥類學 /鸟类学 (chiáu-lūi-ha̍k) — scientific study of birds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳥類學 /鸟类学 (niǎolèixué) — scientific study of birds
  • Corsican: urnitulugia — scientific study of birds
  • Corsican: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • Czech: ornitologie — scientific study of birds
  • Danish: ornitologi — scientific study of birds
  • Dutch: vogelkunde — scientific study of birds
  • Dutch: ornithologie — scientific study of birds
  • Esperanto: ornitologio — scientific study of birds
  • Estonian: ornitoloogia — scientific study of birds
  • Estonian: linnuteadus — scientific study of birds
  • Finnish: lintutiede — scientific study of birds
  • Finnish: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • French: ornithologie — scientific study of birds
  • West-Frisian: fûgelkunde — scientific study of birds
  • Galician: ornitoloxía — scientific study of birds
  • Georgian: ორნითოლოგია (ornitologia) — scientific study of birds
  • German: Ornithologie — scientific study of birds
  • German: Vogelkunde — scientific study of birds
  • Greek: ορνιθολογία (ornithología) — scientific study of birds
  • Gujarati: પક્ષીવિદ્યા (pakṣīvidyā) — scientific study of birds
  • Hebrew: אוֹרְנִיתוֹלוֹגְיָה (ornitológya) — scientific study of birds
  • Hindi: पक्षीविज्ञान (pakṣīvijñān) — scientific study of birds
  • Hungarian: ornitológia — scientific study of birds
  • Hungarian: madártan — scientific study of birds
  • Icelandic: fuglafræði — scientific study of birds
  • Ido: ornitologio — scientific study of birds
  • Indonesian: ornitologi — scientific study of birds
  • Interlingua: ornithologia — scientific study of birds
  • Irish: éaneolaíocht — scientific study of birds
  • Italian: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • Japanese: 鳥類学 (chōruigaku) — scientific study of birds
  • Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕಿಯರಿಮೆ (hakkiyarime) — scientific study of birds
  • Kannada: ಪಕ್ಷಿವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (pakṣivijñāna) — scientific study of birds
  • Kazakh: құстану (qūstanu) — scientific study of birds
  • Korean: 조류학 (joryuhak) — scientific study of birds
  • Kyrgyz: орнитология (ornitologiya) — scientific study of birds
  • Latin: ornithologia — scientific study of birds
  • Latvian: ornitoloģija — scientific study of birds
  • Lithuanian: ornitologija — scientific study of birds
  • Low German: Ornithologie — scientific study of birds
  • Luxembourgish: Ornithologie — scientific study of birds
  • Macedonian: орнитологија (ornitologija) — scientific study of birds
  • Malay: kaji burung — scientific study of birds
  • Malay: ornitologi — scientific study of birds
  • Malayalam: പക്ഷിശാസ്ത്രം (pakṣiśāstraṁ) — scientific study of birds
  • Manx: eean-oaylleeaght — scientific study of birds
  • Māori: mātai manu — scientific study of birds
  • Marathi: पक्षीशास्त्र (pakṣīśāstra) — scientific study of birds
  • Western Mari: орнитологи (orńitologi) — scientific study of birds
  • Mongolian: шувуу судлал (šuvuu sudlal) — scientific study of birds
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ornitologi — scientific study of birds
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ornitologi — scientific study of birds
  • Occitan: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • Persian: پرندهشناسی (parande-šenâsi) — scientific study of birds
  • Polish: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • Portuguese: ornitologia — scientific study of birds
  • Romanian: ornitologie — scientific study of birds
  • Russian: орнитоло́гия (ornitológija) — scientific study of birds
  • Scottish Gaelic: eun-eòlas — scientific study of birds
  • Serbo-Croatian: орнитоло̀гија — scientific study of birds
  • Serbo-Croatian: ornitològija — scientific study of birds
  • Slovak: ornitológia — scientific study of birds
  • Slovene: ornitologija — scientific study of birds
  • Spanish: ornitología — scientific study of birds
  • Swedish: ornitologi — scientific study of birds
  • Tagalog: dalub-ibunan — scientific study of birds
  • Tagalog: palaibunan — scientific study of birds
  • Tagalog: ornitolohiya — scientific study of birds
  • Tamil: பறவையியல் (paṟavaiyiyal) — scientific study of birds
  • Tatar: орнитология (ornitologiyä) — scientific study of birds
  • Tetum: ornitolojia — scientific study of birds
  • Thai: ปักษีวิทยา (pak-see-wit-ta-ya) — scientific study of birds
  • Turkish: kuşbilim — scientific study of birds
  • Turkish: ornitoloji — scientific study of birds
  • Turkish: kuş bilimi — scientific study of birds
  • Ukrainian: орнітологія (ornitolohija) — scientific study of birds
  • Vietnamese: điểu học — scientific study of birds
  • Vietnamese: cầm điểu học — scientific study of birds
  • Volapük: bödav — scientific study of birds
  • Waray-Waray: ornitolohiya — scientific study of birds
  • Welsh: adareg — scientific study of birds
  • Welsh: adaryddiaeth — scientific study of birds
  • Yiddish: אָרניטאָלאָגיע (ornitologye) — scientific study of birds