biologie

Etymology

From Dutch biologie.

Noun

biologie (uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -logie.

Noun

biologie f

1. biology

Etymology

• bio- +‎ -logie: from German Biologie, from a hypothetic Ancient Greek βιολογία (biología). This is a compound of van βίος (bíos, “life”) and λόγος (lógos, “reason”) with the suffix -ία (-ía) (forms abstracta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbijoloˈɣi/

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• Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie (orthographic)
• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lo‧gie (phonological)

Noun

biologie f (uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

Etymology

bio- +‎ -logie, with components derived from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ.lɔ.ʒi/

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• Rhymes: -ʒi
• Homophone: biologies
• Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie

Noun

biologie f (plural biologies)

1. (sciences) biology

Further reading

• “biologie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

biologie f

1. plural of biologia

Noun

biologie

1. nominative plural of biologia
2. accusative plural of biologia
3. vocative plural of biologia

Etymology

Borrowed from French biologie, equivalent to bio- +‎ -logie.

Noun

biologie f (uncountable)

1. biology

Noun

biologie (uncountable)

1. biology