Standard Lemma guide

zoological

adj · 4 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: /zəʊəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
  • Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard: /zuːəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
  • General-American: /zoʊəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/
  • General-American, nonstandard: /zuəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: Z UW2 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to, animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, or relating to, zoology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to animals or animal groups

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • zoological garden

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • zoological research

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English zoology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English zoological From zoology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կենդանաբանական (kendanabanakan) — of, or relating to animals
  • Bulgarian: животински (životinski) — of, or relating to animals
  • Catalan: zoològic — of, or relating to animals
  • Finnish: eläintieteellinen — of, or relating to animals
  • Galician: zoolóxico — of, or relating to animals
  • German: zoologisch — of, or relating to animals
  • Greek: ζωολογικός (zoologikós) — of, or relating to animals
  • Hungarian: állati — of, or relating to animals
  • Hungarian: állat- — of, or relating to animals
  • Italian: zoologico — of, or relating to animals
  • Japanese: 動物学の (dōbutsugaku no) — of, or relating to animals
  • Latvian: zooloģisks — of, or relating to animals
  • Polish: zoologiczny — of, or relating to animals
  • Portuguese: zoológico — of, or relating to animals
  • Russian: зоологи́ческий (zoologíčeskij) — of, or relating to animals
  • Russian: живо́тный (živótnyj) — of, or relating to animals
  • Slovene: živálski — of, or relating to animals
  • Slovene: zoolóški — of, or relating to animals
  • Spanish: zoológico — of, or relating to animals
  • Swedish: zoologisk — of, or relating to animals
  • Tagalog: dalubhayupin — of, or relating to animals
  • Turkish: zoolojik — of, or relating to animals
  • Yiddish: זאָאָלאָגיש (zoologish) — of, or relating to animals
  • Armenian: կենդանաբանական (kendanabanakan) — of, or relating to zoology
  • Bulgarian: зоологи́чески (zoologíčeski) — of, or relating to zoology
  • Catalan: zoològic — of, or relating to zoology
  • Danish: zoologisk — of, or relating to zoology
  • Dutch: zoölogisch — of, or relating to zoology
  • Estonian: zooloogiline — of, or relating to zoology
  • Finnish: eläintieteellinen — of, or relating to zoology
  • French: zoologique — of, or relating to zoology
  • Galician: zoolóxico — of, or relating to zoology
  • German: zoologisch — of, or relating to zoology
  • Greek: ζωολογικός (zoologikós) — of, or relating to zoology
  • Hungarian: állattani — of, or relating to zoology
  • Hungarian: zoológiai — of, or relating to zoology
  • Ido: zoologiala — of, or relating to zoology
  • Italian: zoologico — of, or relating to zoology
  • Japanese: 動物学の (dōbutsugaku no) — of, or relating to zoology
  • Kazakh: зоологиялық (zoologiälyq) — of, or relating to zoology
  • Kazakh: жануартанулық (januartanulyq) — of, or relating to zoology
  • Latvian: zooloģisks — of, or relating to zoology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zoologisk — of, or relating to zoology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: zoologisk — of, or relating to zoology
  • Occitan: zoologic — of, or relating to zoology
  • Polish: zoologiczny — of, or relating to zoology
  • Portuguese: zoológico — of, or relating to zoology
  • Romanian: zoologic — of, or relating to zoology
  • Russian: зоологи́ческий (zoologíčeskij) — of, or relating to zoology
  • Slovene: zoolóški — of, or relating to zoology
  • Spanish: zoológico — of, or relating to zoology
  • Tagalog: dalubhayupin — of, or relating to zoology
  • Turkish: zoolojik — of, or relating to zoology
  • Yiddish: זאָאָלאָגיש (zoologish) — of, or relating to zoology
Real reading context

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