taxonomy

English

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Etymology

From French taxonomie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tækˈsɒnəmi/
• (US) IPA: /tækˈsɑːnəmi/

Noun

taxonomy (plural taxonomies)

1. (uncountable) The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (systematics, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Derived terms

• folk taxonomy
• scientific taxonomy

Translations

science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms

• Czech: taxonomie (cs) f
• Dutch: taxonomie (nl) f
• Esperanto: taksonomio (eo)
• French: taxinomie (fr) f
• German: Taxonomie (de) f
• Hungarian: rendszertan (hu), taxonómia (hu)
• Icelandic: flokkunarfræði (is) m
• Japanese: 分類学 (ja) (bunruigaku)
• Macedonian: таксономија (mk) (taksonómija) f

• Polish: taksonomia (pl) f
• Romanian: taxonomie (ro) f
• Russian: таксономия (ru) (taksonómija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: taksonòmija (sh) f, sistemàtika (sh) f
• Spanish: taxonomía (es) f
• Turkish: sınıflandırma (tr), taksonomi (tr)
• Welsh: tacsonomeg (cy) f

classification in a hierarchical system

• French: taxinomie (fr) f
• Hungarian: osztályozás (hu)
• Japanese: 分類法 (ja) (bunruihō)

• Romanian: taxonomie (ro) f, ierarhică clasificare (ro) f
• Russian: систематика (ru) (sist'emátika) f
• Serbo-Croatian: taksonòmija (sh) f

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: التصنيف (at-taʂnīf) m
• Mandarin: 分類學, 分类学 (fēnlèi xué)
• Serbo-Croatian: taksonomija f
• Greek: ταξινομία (taksinomia) f
• Interlingua: taxinomia
• Italian: tassonomia f

• Korean: 분류학 (bunryuhak)
• Latin: taxonomia f
• Persian: رده بندی (rad-e bandi)
• Portuguese: taxionomia f (parallel forms: taxinomia, taxonomia)
• Slovene: taksonomija f
• Slovak: taxonómia f
• Turkish: sınıflandırma bilimi, taksonomi

See also

classification rank taxon domain kingdom subkingdom superphylum phylum subphylum class subclass

infraclass superorder order suborder infraorder parvorder superfamily family subfamily genus species

subspecies superregnum regnum subregnum superphylum phylum subphylum classis subclassis infraclassis superordo

ordo subordo infraordo taxon superfamilia familia subfamilia ontology