ethology

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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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /iːˈθɒlədʒi/

Noun

ethology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)

1. (zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
2. (obsolete) The study of the human ethos.

Related terms

• ethologist

Translations

study of human and animal behaviour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: etologie (cs) f
• Danish: etologi (da) c
• Finnish: käyttäytymistiede; (study of animal behaviour) eläinpsykologia, etologia
• French: éthologie (fr)
• Greek: ηθολογία (el) f ‎(ithología), εθολογία (el) f ‎(ethología)
• Hungarian: etológia (hu)
• Icelandic: atferlisfræði f, hátternisfræði f
• Ido: etologio (io)

• Irish: eiteolaíocht f
• Italian: etologia (it) f
• Latin: ēthologia f
• Malay: kaji tingkah laku, etologi
• Novial: etologia
• Portuguese: etologia (pt) f
• Romanian: etologie (ro) f
• Russian: этоло́гия (ru) f ‎(etológija)
• Spanish: etología (es) f

See also

• ethnology

External links

• ethology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ethology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• ethology at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• theology