ornithologist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English ornithology

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English ornithologist

From ornithology + -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒləd͡ʒɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑləd͡ʒɪst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒɪst

Noun

ornithologist (plural ornithologists)

1. A person who studies or practices ornithology.

   Synonym: (rare) ornithologer

   • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:

     Mr. Worple in his spare time was what is known as an ornithologist. He had written a book called American Birds, and was writing another, to be called More American Birds.

   • 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, pages 47–48:

     Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

Derived terms

• ethnoornithologist

Translations

expert in ornithology

• Arabic: عَالِم طُيُور m (ʕālim ṭuyūr), خَبِير فِي عِلْمِ الطُّيُور m (ḵabīr fī ʕilmi ṭ-ṭuyūr)
• Armenian: թռչնաբան (hy) (tʻṙčʻnaban)
• Belarusian: арнітолаг m (arnitólah)
• Catalan: ornitòleg m, ornitòloga f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳥類學者 / 鸟类学者 (niǎolèixuézhě)

• Czech: ornitolog (cs) m
• Danish: ornitolog c
• Dutch: ornitholoog (nl) m, vogelkenner m
• Esperanto: ornitologo
• Estonian: ornitoloog (et), linnuteadlane (et)
• Finnish: lintutieteilijä (fi), ornitologi (fi)
• French: ornithologue (fr) m or f, ornithologiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: ornitólogo (gl) m, ornitóloga f
• German: Ornithologe (de) m, Ornithologin (de) f, (colloquial) Orni m or f, Vogelkundler (de) m, Vogelkundlerin (de) f, Vogelwissenschaftler m, Vogelwissenschaftlerin f
• Greek: ορνιθολόγος (el) m or f (ornithológos)
• Hungarian: ornitológus (hu)
• Icelandic: fuglafræðingur (is) m
• Irish: éaneolaí m
• Italian: ornitologo (it) m, ornitologa f
• Japanese: 鳥類学者 (ja)
• Korean: 조류학자 (ko) (joryuhakja)
• Latin: ornithologus m
• Latvian: ornitologs m, ornitoloģe f
• Lithuanian: ornitologas m, ornitologė f
• Manx: eean-oayllee m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ornitolog m

  Nynorsk: ornitolog m

• Persian: پرنده‌شناس
• Polish: ornitolog (pl) m
• Portuguese: ornitólogo (pt) m, ornitóloga f
• Romanian: ornitolog (ro) m, ornitologă (ro) f
• Russian: орнито́лог (ru) m (ornitólog)
• Scottish Gaelic: eun-eòlaiche m
• Spanish: ornitólogo (es) m, ornitóloga f
• Swedish: ornitolog (sv) c
• Telugu: విహంగ శాస్త్రవేత్త (vihaṅga śāstravētta)
• Thai: นักปักษีวิทยา (nák-bpàk-sǐi-wít-tá-yaa)
• Turkish: kuş bilimci (tr), ornitolog (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: nhà điểu học
• Volapük: (♂♀) bödavan (vo), (♂) hibödavan (vo), (♀) jibödavan (vo)
• Welsh: adaregydd m, adarydd m
• Yiddish: אָרניטאָלאָגיסט (ornitologist)