ethology

English

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/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

ethology (countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)

1. (zoology) The scientific study of animalian behaviour, especially that of nonhuman animals.

   Holonym: zoology

2. (obsolete) The study of the human ethos.

Derived terms

• ecoethology
• neuroethology
• paleoethology

 

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
• Greek: ηθολογία (el) f (ithología)
• 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
• Ukrainian: этоло́гія f (ètolóhija)
• Vietnamese: phong tục học, tập tính học (vi)

See also

• entomology
• ethnology
• etiology / aetiology
• etymology

 

Further reading

• “ethology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “ethology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “ethology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• theology