noun
Meaning 1
The scientific study of caves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
speleology
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noun
Meaning 2
The recreational activity of exploring caves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the pastime of exploring caves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spelaeology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity
noun
Meaning 4
the scientific study of caves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spelaeology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geology
History
Etymology
From French spéléologie, coined by Émile Rivière in 1890. The word can be broken down as speleo- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: speleologji — scientific study of caves
- Bulgarian: спелеоло́гия (speleológija) — scientific study of caves
- Catalan: espeleologia — scientific study of caves
- Chinese Mandarin: 洞穴學 /洞穴学 (dòngxuéxué) — scientific study of caves
- Czech: speleologie — scientific study of caves
- Dutch: speleologie — scientific study of caves
- Esperanto: speleologio — scientific study of caves
- Finnish: speleologia — scientific study of caves
- Finnish: luolatutkimus — scientific study of caves
- French: spéléologie — scientific study of caves
- German: Speläologie — scientific study of caves
- German: Speleologie — scientific study of caves
- German: Höhlenforschung — scientific study of caves
- German: Höhlenkunde — scientific study of caves
- Greek: σπηλαιολογία (spilaiología) — scientific study of caves
- Hungarian: szpeleológia — scientific study of caves
- Hungarian: barlangtan — scientific study of caves
- Japanese: 洞穴学 (dōketsugaku) — scientific study of caves
- Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (aɣui yin sudulul) — scientific study of caves
- Mongolian: агуйн судлал (agujn sudlal) — scientific study of caves
- Polish: speleologia — scientific study of caves
- Portuguese: espeleologia — scientific study of caves
- Romanian: speologie — scientific study of caves
- Russian: спелеоло́гия (speleológija) — scientific study of caves
- Serbo-Croatian: speleologija — scientific study of caves
- Slovak: speleológia — scientific study of caves
- Spanish: espeleología — scientific study of caves
- Swedish: speleologi — scientific study of caves
- Tagalog: palayungiban — scientific study of caves
- Volapük: lekevav — scientific study of caves
- Welsh: ogofeg — scientific study of caves
- Catalan: espeleologia — recreational activity of exploring caves
- Finnish: luolatutkimus — recreational activity of exploring caves
- Hungarian: barlangkutatás — recreational activity of exploring caves
- Hungarian: barlangászat — recreational activity of exploring caves
- Spanish: espeleísmo — recreational activity of exploring caves
- Welsh: ogofa — recreational activity of exploring caves