biologie

See also: Biologie and biologię

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch biologie, from German Biologie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

biologie (uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

Derived terms

• biologies

Related terms

• bioloog

Czech

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -logie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪjoloɡɪjɛ]

Noun

biologie f

1. biology

Declension

Declension of biologie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	biologie	biologie
genitive	biologie	biologií
dative	biologii	biologiím
accusative	biologii	biologie
vocative	biologie	biologie
locative	biologii	biologiích
instrumental	biologií	biologiemi

Related terms

• biolog
• biologický

 

Further reading

• biologie in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• biologie in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• biologie in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Biologie, from Ancient Greek βιολογία (biología). This is a compound of βίος (bíos, “life”) and λόγος (lógos, “reason”) with the suffix -ία (-ía) (forms abstracta), equivalent to bio- +‎ -logie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbi(j)oːloːˈɣi/

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• Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

biologie f (uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

Derived terms

• biologieles
• biologisch
• celbiologie
• evolutiebiologie
• microbiologie
• ontwikkelingsbiologie
• veldbiologie

 

Related terms

• bioloog

Descendants

• Afrikaans: biologie
• → Indonesian: biologi

References

• “biologie” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Esperanto

Adverb

biologie

1. biologically

Related terms

• biologia (“biological”)
• biologio (“biology”)
• biologo (“biologist”)

 

French

Etymology

As a French word, coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1802. Possibly formed as bio- +‎ -logie. Possibly borrowed from German Biologie or New Latin biologia. In any case, derived from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ.lɔ.ʒi/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: biologies
• Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie

Noun

biologie f (plural biologies)

1. biology

Derived terms

• microbiologie
• scotobiologie

Related terms

• biologique
• biologiste

Descendants

• → Persian: بیولوژی (biyoloži)
• → Romanian: biologie
• → Turkish: biyoloji

Further reading

• “biologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

biologie f

1. plural of biologia

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɔˈlɔ.ɡjɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡjɛ
• Syllabification: bio‧lo‧gie

Noun

biologie

1. nominative plural of biologia
2. accusative plural of biologia
3. vocative plural of biologia

Romanian

Alternative forms

• биолоӂие (biologie) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French biologie, equivalent to bio- +‎ -logie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.o.loˈd͡ʒi.e/

Noun

biologie f (uncountable)

1. biology

Declension

declension of biologie (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) biologie	biologia
genitive/dative	(unei) biologii	biologiei
vocative	biologie, biologio

Derived terms

• fotobiologie

Related terms

• biologic

References

• biologie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scots

Noun

biologie (uncountable)

1. biology