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zoology

noun · 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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  • zō-ŏl′-ə-jē
  • zo͞o-ŏl′-ə-jē
  • Received-Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /zuːˈɒləd͡ʒi/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /zəwˈɔlədʒɪj/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /zʉwˈɔlədʒɪj/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒi/
  • US: /zuˈɑləd͡ʒi/
  • Australian: /zəʉˈɔlədʒi/
  • Australian: /zʉːˈɔlədʒi/
  • New-Zealand: /zɐʉˈɒlədʒi/
  • New-Zealand: /zʉːˈɒlədʒi/
  • Scotland: /zoˈɔlədʒe/
  • Scotland: /zʉˈɔlədʒe/
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: Z OW0 AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Meronym: ethology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A treatise on this science.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the branch of biology that studies animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: zoological science

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biology, biological science

Narrower terms: entomology, bugology, ethology, herpetology, ichthyology, malacology, mammalogy, oology, ornithology, protozoology, paleozoology, palaeozoology

4

noun

Meaning 4

all the animal life in a particular region or period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the fauna of China
  • the zoology of the Pliocene epoch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fauna

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

Narrower terms: avifauna

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dierkunde — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Albanian: zoologjia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Amharic: ዙኦሎጂ (zuʾoloǧi) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Arabic: عِلْم اَلْحَيَوَان (ʕilm al-ḥayawān) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Aragonese: zoolochía — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Armenian: կենդանաբանություն (kendanabanutʻyun) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Asturian: zooloxía — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Azerbaijani: zoologiya — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Belarusian: заалогія (zaalóhija) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Bengali: প্রাণিবিজ্ঞান (pranibiggên) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Breton: loenoniezh — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Bulgarian: зоология (zoologija) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Burmese: သတ္တဗေဒ (satta.beda.) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Catalan: zoologia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動物學 /动物学 (dòngwùxué) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 动物学 (dòngwùxué) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Cornish: milonieth — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Czech: zoologie — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Danish: zoologi — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Dutch: zoölogie — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Dutch: dierkunde — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Esperanto: zoologio — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Estonian: zooloogia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Finnish: eläintiede — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Finnish: zoologia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • French: zoologie — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Galician: zooloxía — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Georgian: ზოოლოგია (zoologia) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • German: Zoologie — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • German: Tierkunde — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Greek: ζωολογία (zoología) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Gujarati: પ્રાણીશાસ્ત્ર (prāṇīśāstra) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Hebrew: זואולוגיה (zo'ológya) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Hindi: प्राणि विज्ञान (prāṇi vijñān) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Hungarian: állattan — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Hungarian: zoológia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Icelandic: dýrafræði — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Ido: zoologio — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Indonesian: zoologi — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Interlingua: zoologia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Irish: zó-eolaíocht — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Italian: zoologia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Japanese: 動物学 (dōbutsugaku) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Kabyle: tasenɣeṛsiwt — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Kazakh: зоология (zoologiä) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Khmer: សត្វវិទ្យា (sat vityie) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Korean: 동물학 (dongmulhak) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Northern Kurdish: ajalnasî — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Kyrgyz: зоология (zoologiya) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Latvian: zooloģija — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Lithuanian: zoologija — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Macedonian: зоологија (zoologija) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Malay: kaji haiwan — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Malay: zoologi — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Malayalam: ജന്തുശാസ്ത്രം (jantuśāstraṁ) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Māori: mātai kīrehe — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Marathi: प्राणिशास्त्र (prāṇiśāstra) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Navajo: naaldeehii naalkaah — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zoologi — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: zoologi — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Occitan: zoologia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Persian: جانورشناسی (jânvar-šenâsi) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: soo'ologii — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Plautdietsch: Tiakonst — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Polish: zoologia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Portuguese: zoologia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Punjabi: ਜੰਤੂ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (jantū vigiāna) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Romanian: zoologie — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Russian: зооло́гия (zoológija) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainmh-eòlas — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Serbo-Croatian: зоологија — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Serbo-Croatian: zoologija — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Slovak: zoológia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Slovene: zoologija — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Spanish: zoología — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Swahili: zoolojia — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Swedish: zoologi — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Tagalog: dalubhayupan — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Tajik: ҷонваршиносӣ (jonvaršinosi) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Tamil: விலங்கியல் (vilaṅkiyal) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Telugu: జంతుశాస్త్రము (jantuśāstramu) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Thai: สัตววิทยา (sàt wíttáyaa) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Turkish: zooloji — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Turkmen: zoologiýa — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Ukrainian: зоологія (zoolohija) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Urdu: حیوانیات (haivāniyāt) — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Uzbek: zoologiya — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Vietnamese: động vật học — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Welsh: sŵoleg — science that studies the animal kingdom
  • Yiddish: זאָאָלאָגיע (zoologye) — science that studies the animal kingdom