ornithology

English

Etymology

From New Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos), from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos). See also ornitho- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

ornithology (countable and uncountable, plural ornithologies)

1. The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.

   Synonyms: birdlore, fowl-lore

   • 1750, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, The Art of Hatching and Bringing Up Domestick Fowls of All Kinds at Any Time of the Year:

     Gesner says in his Ornithology, that this fact was attested by a great many moderns of his own time, and he even quotes Albert the great, who asserts that he has seen a cock foster chickens.

Derived terms

• ethnoornithology
• paleornithology

 

Translations

scientific study of birds

• Afrikaans: voëlkunde
• Albanian: ornitologji
• Arabic: عَلِمَ الطَائِر m (ʕalima ṭ-ṭāʔir), عَلِم الطُيُور m (ʕalim aṭ-ṭuyūr)
• Armenian: օրնիթոլոգիա (hy) (ōrnitʻologia), թռչնաբանություն (hy) (tʻṙčʻnabanutʻyun)
• Assamese: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান (pokhibiggan)
• Asturian: ornitoloxía f
• Azerbaijani: ornitologiya
• Balinese: ᬧᬓ᭄ᬲᬶᬯᬶᬤ᭄ᬬ (paksiwidya)
• Bashkir: орнитоло́гия (ornitológiya)
• Basque: ornitologia (eu)
• Belarusian: арніталогія f (arnitalóhija)
• Bengali: পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান (pokkhibiggên)
• Breton: evnoniezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: орнитология f (ornitologija)
• Burmese: သကုဏဗေဒ (sa.ku.na.beda.)
• Catalan: ornitologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鳥類學／鸟类学 (niu⁵ leoi⁶ hok⁶)

  Hokkien: 鳥類學／鸟类学 (chiáu-lūi-ha̍k)

  Mandarin: 鳥類學／鸟类学 (zh) (niǎolèixué)

• Corsican: urnitulugia f, ornitologia f
• Czech: ornitologie (cs) f
• Danish: ornitologi (da) c
• Dutch: vogelkunde f, ornithologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ornitologio
• Estonian: ornitoloogia (et), linnuteadus (et)
• Finnish: lintutiede (fi), ornitologia (fi)
• French: ornithologie (fr) f
• Galician: ornitoloxía (gl) f
• Georgian: ორნითოლოგია (ornitologia)
• German: Ornithologie (de) f, Vogelkunde (de) f
• Greek: ορνιθολογία (el) f (ornithología)
• Guaraní: guyrakuaaty
• Gujarati: પક્ષીવિદ્યા f (pakṣīvidyā)
• Hebrew: אוֹרְנִיתוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (ornitológya)
• Hindi: पक्षीविज्ञान (pakṣīvijñān)
• Hungarian: ornitológia (hu), madártan (hu)
• Icelandic: fuglafræði (is) f
• Ido: ornitologio (io)
• Indonesian: ornitologi (id)
• Interlingua: ornithologia
• Irish: éaneolaíocht f
• Italian: ornitologia (it) f
• Japanese: 鳥類学 (ja) (ちょうるいがく, chōruigaku)
• Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕಿಯರಿಮೆ (kn) (hakkiyarime), ಪಕ್ಷಿವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (kn) (pakṣivijñāna)
• Kazakh: құстану (qūstanu)
• Korean: 조류학(鳥類學) (joryuhak)
• Kyrgyz: орнитология (ornitologiya)
• Latin: ornithologia f
• Latvian: ornitoloģija f
• Lithuanian: ornitologija f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Ornithologie f

• Luxembourgish: Ornithologie f
• Macedonian: орнитологија f (ornitologija)
• Malay: kaji burung, ornitologi
• Malayalam: പക്ഷിശാസ്ത്രം (pakṣiśāstraṁ)
• Manx: eean-oaylleeaght f
• Maori: mātai manu
• Marathi: पक्षीशास्त्र (pakṣīśāstra)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: орнитологи (orńitologi)

• Mongolian: шувуу судлал (šuvuu sudlal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ornitologi (no) m

  Nynorsk: ornitologi m

• Occitan: ornitologia f
• Persian: پرنده‌شناسی (fa) (parande-šenâsi)
• Polish: ornitologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ornitologia (pt) f
• Romanian: ornitologie (ro) f
• Russian: орнитоло́гия (ru) f (ornitológija)
• Scottish Gaelic: eun-eòlas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: орнитоло̀гија f

  Roman: ornitològija (sh) f

• Slovak: ornitológia (sk) f
• Slovene: ornitologija (sl) f
• Spanish: ornitología (es) f
• Swedish: ornitologi (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalub-ibunan, palaibunan, ornitolohiya
• Tamil: பறவையியல் (ta) (paṟavaiyiyal)
• Tatar: орнитология (ornitoloğiyä)
• Tetum: ornitolojia
• Thai: ปักษีวิทยา (pak-see-wit-ta-ya)
• Turkish: kuşbilim, ornitoloji (tr), kuş bilimi (tr)
• Ukrainian: орнітологія (uk) f (ornitolohija)
• Vietnamese: điểu học, cầm điểu học
• Volapük: bödav (vo)
• Waray-Waray: ornitolohiya
• Welsh: adareg f, adaryddiaeth f
• West Frisian: fûgelkunde