biotechnologia

See also: biotechnológia and biotechnologią

Latin

Etymology

Internationalism, made from Greek elements βῐ́ος (bĭ́os), τέχνη (tékhnē), λόγος (lógos), -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bi.ɔ.tɛkʰ.nɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bi.o.tek.noˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a]

Noun

biotechnologia f (genitive biotechnologiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) biotechnology
   • 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:

     […] ac recentiore tempore digitalis rerum commutatio, ars robotica, biotechnologiae et nanotechnologiae.

     […] and, more recently, the digital revolution, robotics, biotechnologies and nanotechnologies.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	biotechnologia	biotechnologiae
genitive	biotechnologiae	biotechnologiārum
dative	biotechnologiae	biotechnologiīs
accusative	biotechnologiam	biotechnologiās
ablative	biotechnologiā	biotechnologiīs
vocative	biotechnologia	biotechnologiae

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)der.

Polish bio-

Polish techno-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía)der.

Polish -logia

Polish technologia

Polish biotechnologia

From bio- + technologia. First attested in 1961.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ.tɛx.nɔˈlɔ.ɡja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡja
• Syllabification: bio‧tech‧no‧lo‧gia

Noun

biotechnologia f

1. (biotechnology) biotechnology (use of living organisms in industrial, agricultural, medical applications)

Declension

Declension of biotechnologia

	singular
nominative	biotechnologia
genitive	biotechnologii
dative	biotechnologii
accusative	biotechnologię
instrumental	biotechnologią
locative	biotechnologii
vocative	biotechnologio

Derived terms

adjective

• biotechnologiczny

noun

• biotechnolog

Related terms

noun

• technologia

Further reading

• “biotechnologia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “biotechnologia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)