biotope

See also: Biotope

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Biotop, from bio- (“life”) +‎ -tope (“place”).

Noun

biotope (plural biotopes)

1. A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals
2. (figuratively) a context where someone feels 'naturally' at home, such as their field of professional or scientific expertise

Derived terms

• microbiotope

Translations

geographical area

• Arabic: موطن أحيائي (mawṭin ʔaḥyāʔī)
• Catalan: biòtop m
• Czech: biotop (cs) m
• Dutch: biotoop (nl) n
• Esperanto: biotopo
• Finnish: biotooppi (fi)
• French: biotope (fr) f
• German: Biotop (de) n
• Greek: βιότοπος (el) m (viótopos)
• Italian: biotopo (it)
• Polish: biotop (pl) m
• Portuguese: biótopo
• Romanian: biotop (ro)
• Russian: биото́п (ru) m (biotóp)
• Spanish: biotopo (es)
• Swedish: biotop (sv)

French

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Noun

biotope m (plural biotopes)

1. biotope

Further reading

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