phycology

English

Etymology

From phyco- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fī-kŏlʹə-jē, IPA^(key): /faɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /faɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /fɑɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

phycology (uncountable)

2. The scientific study of algae.

Synonyms

• algology

Derived terms

• paleophycology

Related terms

• phyco-
• phycologic
• phycological
• phycologically
• phycologist
• phycophyte

Translations

study of algae

• Bulgarian: алгология f (algologija)
• Catalan: ficologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藻類學 / 藻类学 (zh) (zǎolèixué)

• Czech: fykologie (cs) f, algologie (cs) f
• Dutch: fycologie f
• Finnish: levätiede
• French: phycologie (fr) f, algologie (fr) f (rather obsolete)
• German: Phykologie (de) f, Algenkunde f, Algologie (de) f
• Hungarian: moszatkutatás, algológia
• Icelandic: þörungafræði f
• Indonesian: fikologi (id)
• Irish: fíceolaíocht f
• Italian: algologia (it) f, ficologia (it) f
• Japanese: 藻類学 (ja) (souruigaku)
• Khmer: វារីជាតិវិទ្យា (vieriiciet)
• Korean: 조류학(藻類學) (joryuhak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fykologi m

  Nynorsk: fykologi m

• Polish: fykologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ficologia (pt) f
• Romanian: ficologie f
• Russian: фиколо́гия (ru) f (fikológija), альголо́гия (ru) m (alʹgológija)
• Spanish: ficología (es) f
• Swedish: fykologi (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalublumutan
• Thai: สาหร่ายวิทยา
• Turkish: fikoloji, algoloji
• Ukrainian: альголо́гія f (alʹholóhija)
• Vietnamese: thuộc tảo
• Welsh: gwymoneg f