herpetology

English

Etymology

From French herpétologie, from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”) + -logie (suffix indicating a field of study or work), equivalent to +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɜː.pɪ.ˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
• Hyphenation: her‧pe‧tol‧o‧gy

Noun

herpetology (usually uncountable, plural herpetologies)

1. The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians.

Hypernyms

• zoology

Hyponyms

• ophiology

Related terms

• herp
• herpes
• herpetological
• herpetologist
• herptile

Translations

the branch of biology dealing with reptiles

• Asturian: herpetoloxía f
• Catalan: herpetologia f
• Czech: herpetologie (cs) f
• Finnish: herpetologia (fi)
• French: herpétologie (fr) f
• Galician: herpetoloxía f
• German: Herpetologie (de) f
• Greek: ερπετολογία (el) f (erpetología)
• Hungarian: herpetológia
• Irish: reiptíleolaíocht f
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• Italian: erpetologia (it) f
• Japanese: 爬虫類学 (ja) (hachūrui-gaku), 爬虫両生類学 (ja) (hachūryōseirui-gaku)
• Korean: 파충류학 (pa.chung.ryu.hag), 양서파충류학 (yang.seo.pa.chung.ryu.hag)
• Norwegian: herpetologi (no) m
• Portuguese: herpetologia (pt) f
• Russian: герпетоло́гия (ru) f (gerpetológija)
• Slovak: herpetológia f
• Spanish: herpetología (es) f
• West Frisian: herpetology