English Explanatory Dictionary

ethology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The scientific study of animalian behavior, especially that of nonhuman animals.
  2. The study of the human ethos.

Pronunciation

/iːˈθɒl.ə.dʒi/ /ɪˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ /iˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ethology.wav

Word forms

ethology ethologies

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.

Related words

ethologist entomology ethnology etiology aetiology etymology

Derived words

ecoethology ethologic neuroethology palaeoethology paleoethology

Translations

Catalan: etologia Chinese Mandarin: 動物行為學 /动物行为学 Czech: etologie Danish: etologi Dutch: ethologie Dutch: gedragsbiologie Finnish: käyttäytymistiede Finnish: eläinpsykologia Finnish: etologia French: éthologie Galician: etoloxía German: Ethologie Greek: ηθολογία Hindi: आचारशास्त्र Hungarian: etológia Hungarian: állatviselkedés-tan Icelandic: atferlisfræði Icelandic: hátternisfræði Ido: etologio Irish: eiteolaíocht Italian: etologia Latin: ēthologia Malay: kaji tingkah laku Malay: etologi Polish: etologia Portuguese: etologia Romanian: etologie Russian: этоло́гия Spanish: etología Swedish: etologi Turkish: etoloji Ukrainian: этоло́гія Vietnamese: phong tục học Vietnamese: tập tính học
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