ethology

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Etymology

From the Latin ēthologia (“the art of depicting or imitating character”), from the Ancient Greek ἠθολογία (ēthología, “painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”), from ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting character by mimic gestures”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, especially moral character”). Equivalent to etho- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /iːˈθɒl.ə.dʒi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /iˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

ethology (countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)

(zoology) The scientific study of animalian behaviour, especially that of nonhuman animals.
Holonym: zoology
(obsolete) The study of the human ethos.

Derived terms

Related terms

ethologist

Translations

study of human and animal behaviour

Catalan: etologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 動物行為學／动物行为学 (dòngwù xíngwéixué)
Czech: etologie (cs) f
Danish: etologi (da) c
Dutch: ethologie (nl) f, gedragsbiologie (nl) f
Finnish: käyttäytymistiede; eläinpsykologia, etologia (fi) (study of animal behaviour)
French: éthologie (fr)
Galician: etoloxía (gl) f
German: Ethologie (de) f
Greek: ηθολογία (el) f (ithología)
Hindi: आचारशास्त्र (ācārśāstra)
Hungarian: etológia (hu), állatviselkedés-tan
Icelandic: atferlisfræði f, hátternisfræði f
Ido: etologio (io)
Irish: eiteolaíocht f
Italian: etologia (it) f
Latin: ēthologia f
Malay: kaji tingkah laku, etologi
Polish: etologia (pl) f
Portuguese: etologia (pt) f
Romanian: etologie (ro) f
Russian: этоло́гия (ru) f (etológija)
Spanish: etología (es) f
Swedish: etologi (sv) c
Turkish: etoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: этоло́гія f (ètolóhija)
Vietnamese: phong tục học, tập tính học (vi)

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