noun
Meaning 1
The scientific study of algae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
phycology
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: fī-kŏlʹə-jē
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Received-Pronunciation: /faɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
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General-American: /faɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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Australian: /fɑɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
noun
Meaning 2
the branch of botany that studies algae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: algology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: botany, phytology
History
Etymology
From phyco- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: алгология (algologija) — study of algae
- Catalan: ficologia — study of algae
- Chinese Mandarin: 藻類學 /藻类学 (zǎolèixué) — study of algae
- Czech: fykologie — study of algae
- Czech: algologie — study of algae
- Dutch: fycologie — study of algae
- Finnish: levätiede — study of algae
- French: phycologie — study of algae
- French: algologie — study of algae
- German: Phykologie — study of algae
- German: Algenkunde — study of algae
- German: Algologie — study of algae
- Hungarian: moszatkutatás — study of algae
- Hungarian: algológia — study of algae
- Icelandic: þörungafræði — study of algae
- Indonesian: fikologi — study of algae
- Irish: fíceolaíocht — study of algae
- Italian: algologia — study of algae
- Italian: ficologia — study of algae
- Japanese: 藻類学 (souruigaku) — study of algae
- Khmer: វារីជាតិវិទ្យា (vieriiciet) — study of algae
- Korean: 조류학 (joryuhak) — study of algae
- Norwegian Bokmål: fykologi — study of algae
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fykologi — study of algae
- Polish: fykologia — study of algae
- Portuguese: ficologia — study of algae
- Romanian: ficologie — study of algae
- Russian: фиколо́гия (fikológija) — study of algae
- Russian: альголо́гия (alʹgológija) — study of algae
- Spanish: ficología — study of algae
- Swedish: fykologi — study of algae
- Tagalog: dalublumutan — study of algae
- Thai: สาหร่ายวิทยา — study of algae
- Turkish: fikoloji — study of algae
- Turkish: algoloji — study of algae
- Ukrainian: альголо́гія (alʹholóhija) — study of algae
- Vietnamese: thuộc tảo — study of algae
- Welsh: gwymoneg — study of algae