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soil science

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The scientific study of the formation, classification, mapping, and the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: grondkunde — scientific study of soil
  • Armenian: հողագիտություն (hoġagitutʻyun) — scientific study of soil
  • Azerbaijani: torpaqşünaslıq — scientific study of soil
  • Belarusian: глебазнаўства (hljebaznawstva) — scientific study of soil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 土壤學 /土壤学 (tǔrǎngxué) — scientific study of soil
  • Dutch: bodemkunde — scientific study of soil
  • Estonian: mullateadus — scientific study of soil
  • Finnish: maaperätiede — scientific study of soil
  • French: pédologie — scientific study of soil
  • Georgian: ნიადაგთმცოდნეობა (niadagtmcodneoba) — scientific study of soil
  • German: Bodenwissenschaft — scientific study of soil
  • German: Bodenkunde — scientific study of soil
  • Hungarian: talajtan — scientific study of soil
  • Italian: scienza del suolo — scientific study of soil
  • Japanese: 土壌学 — scientific study of soil
  • Polish: gleboznawstwo — scientific study of soil
  • Portuguese: ciência do solo — scientific study of soil
  • Russian: почвове́дение (počvovédenije) — scientific study of soil
  • Spanish: ciencia del suelo — scientific study of soil
  • Tagalog: palasulipan — scientific study of soil
  • Ukrainian: ґрунтозна́вство (gruntoznávstvo) — scientific study of soil
  • Uzbek: tuproqshunoslik — scientific study of soil