adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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
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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