speleology

English

Etymology

From speleo- +‎ -logy.

Noun

speleology (usually uncountable, plural speleologies)

1. The scientific study of caves.
2. The recreational activity of exploring caves.

Related terms

• speleological
• spelunk

Translations

scientific study of caves

• Catalan: espeleologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洞穴學／洞穴学 (zh) (dòngxuéxué), 洞穴学 (zh) (dòngxuéxué)

• Czech: speleologie (cs) f
• Dutch: speleologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: speleologio
• Finnish: speleologia (fi), luolatutkimus
• French: spéléologie (fr) f
• German: Speläologie (de), Speleologie, Höhlenforschung, Höhlenkunde
• Greek: σπηλαιολογία (el) f (spilaiología)
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• Hungarian: szpeleológia (hu), barlangtan (hu)
• Japanese: 洞穴学 (どうけつがく, dōketsugaku)
• Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ), агуйн судлал (agujn sudlal)
• Polish: speleologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: espeleologia f
• Russian: спелеоло́гия (ru) f (speleológija)
• Slovak: speleológia (sk) f
• Spanish: espeleología (es) f
• Tagalog: palayungiban
• Volapük: lekevav

recreational activity of exploring caves

• Catalan: espeleologia f
• Finnish: luolatutkimus
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• Hungarian: barlangkutatás (hu), barlangászat (hu)
• Spanish: espeleísmo m (rare)

See also

• caving
• potholing