German

Noun

Biologie f ‎(genitive Biologie, no plural)

1. biology

Luxembourgish

Noun

Biologie f ‎(uncountable)

1. biology

Afrikaans

Noun

biologie ‎(uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

Derived terms

• biologies

Related terms

• bioloog

Czech

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -logie.

Noun

biologie f

1. biology

Declension

Related terms

• biologický
• biolog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbijoloˈɣi/
• Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie (orthographic)
• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lo‧gie (phonological)

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).

Noun

biologie f ‎(uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

Derived terms

• ontwikkelingsbiologie

Related terms

• bioloog, biologisch

French

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

Noun

biologie f ‎(plural biologies)

1. (sciences) biology

Derived terms

• biologique
• biologiste

Italian

Noun

biologie f

1. plural of biologia

Polish

Noun

biologie

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

biologie f ‎(uncountable)

1. biology

Declension

Scots

Noun

biologie ‎(uncountable)

1. biology