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Noun [English]

IPA: /iːˈθɒl.ə.dʒi/ [UK], /ɪˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ [US], /iˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ethology.wav Forms: ethologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ēthologia||the art of depicting or imitating character}} Latin ēthologia (“the art of depicting or imitating character”), {{uder|en|grc|ἠθολογία||painting of character, especially by mimic gestures}} Ancient Greek ἠθολογία (ēthología, “painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”), {{confix|en|etho|logy}} etho- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ethology (countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)
  1. (zoology) The scientific study of animalian behaviour, especially that of nonhuman animals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (study of human and animal behaviour): etologia [feminine] (Catalan), 動物行為學 (Chinese Mandarin), 动物行为学 (dòngwù xíngwéixué) (Chinese Mandarin), etologie [feminine] (Czech), etologi [common-gender] (Danish), ethologie [feminine] (Dutch), gedragsbiologie [feminine] (Dutch), käyttäytymistiede (Finnish), eläinpsykologia (Finnish), etologia (english: study of animal behaviour) (Finnish), éthologie (French), etoloxía [feminine] (Galician), Ethologie [feminine] (German), ηθολογία (ithología) [feminine] (Greek), आचारशास्त्र (ācārśāstra) (Hindi), etológia (Hungarian), állatviselkedés-tan (Hungarian), atferlisfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), hátternisfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), etologio (Ido), eiteolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), etologia [feminine] (Italian), ēthologia [feminine] (Latin), kaji tingkah laku (Malay), etologi (Malay), etologia [feminine] (Polish), etologia [feminine] (Portuguese), etologie [feminine] (Romanian), этоло́гия (etológija) [feminine] (Russian), etología [feminine] (Spanish), etologi [common-gender] (Swedish), etoloji (Turkish), этоло́гія (ètolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), phong tục học (Vietnamese), tập tính học (Vietnamese)
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  2. (obsolete) The study of the human ethos. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ecoethology, neuroethology, paleoethology Related terms: ethologist, entomology, ethnology, etiology, aetiology, etymology

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Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
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      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "動物行為學"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "动物行为学"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "käyttäytymistiede"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "eläinpsykologia"
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      "word": "etologia"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ethologie"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ithología",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ηθολογία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ācārśāstra",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "आचारशास्त्र"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "etológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "állatviselkedés-tan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atferlisfræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hátternisfræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "etologio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eiteolaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ēthologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "kaji tingkah laku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "etologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "etológija",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "этоло́гия"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "etologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "etoloji"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ètolóhija",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "этоло́гія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "phong tục học"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of human and animal behaviour",
      "word": "tập tính học"
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    "ethology"
  ],
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}

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