biologie
See also Biologie
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Etymology
- From German Biologie, from a hypothetic Ancient Greek βιολογία (biología). This is a compound of van βίος (bíos; "life") and λόγος (lógos; "reason") with the suffix -ία (-ía; forms abstracta).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌbijoloˈɣi/
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie (orthographic)
- Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lo‧gie (phonological)
Noun
biologie f (uncountable)
- biology (science of living matter)
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French
Etymology
bio- + -logie, with components derived from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bjɔ.lɔ.ʒi/, X-SAMPA: /bjO.lO.Zi/
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Audio 1 (France, Paris) (file) -
Audio 2 (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ʒi
- Homophone: biologies
- Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie
Noun
biologie f (plural biologies)
- (sciences) biology