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phenology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌfɛnˈɒlədʒi/
  • /fəˈnɒlədʒi/
  • /fiˈnɒlədʒi/
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  • homophone: phonology (one pronunciation)
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the effect of climate on periodic biological phenomena.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *pháňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. ▲ Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phenyl Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English pheno- ▲ English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English phenology From pheno- + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 物候學 /物候学 (wùhòuxué) — study of the effect of climate
  • Czech: fenologie — study of the effect of climate
  • Danish: fænologi — study of the effect of climate
  • Finnish: fenologia — study of the effect of climate
  • French: phénologie — study of the effect of climate
  • Italian: fenologia — study of the effect of climate
  • Kazakh: фенология (fenologiä) — study of the effect of climate
  • Khmer: ទិដ្ឋភាពវិទ្យា (tittha’phiep vityie) — study of the effect of climate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fenologi — study of the effect of climate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fenologi — study of the effect of climate
  • Occitan: fenologia — study of the effect of climate
  • Persian: پدیدهشناسی (padidešenāsi) — study of the effect of climate
  • Polish: fenologia — study of the effect of climate
  • Portuguese: fenologia — study of the effect of climate
  • Serbo-Croatian: fenologija — study of the effect of climate
  • Turkish: belirti bilimi — study of the effect of climate
  • Welsh: ffenoleg — study of the effect of climate