herpetology

English

Etymology

From French herpétologie, from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”) + -logie (suffix indicating a field of study or work), equivalent to +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌhɜː.pɪ.ˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Hyphenation: her‧pe‧tol‧o‧gy

Noun

herpetology (usually uncountable, plural herpetologies)

The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians.

Hypernyms

zoology

Hyponyms

ophiology

Related terms

herp
herpes
herpetological
herpetologist
herptile

Translations

the branch of biology dealing with reptiles

Asturian: herpetoloxía f
Catalan: herpetologia f
Czech: herpetologie (cs) f
Finnish: herpetologia (fi)
French: herpétologie (fr) f
Galician: herpetoloxía f
German: Herpetologie (de) f
Greek: ερπετολογία (el) f (erpetología)
Hungarian: herpetológia
Irish: reiptíleolaíocht f

Italian: erpetologia (it) f
Japanese: 爬虫類学 (ja) (hachūrui-gaku), 爬虫両生類学 (ja) (hachūryōseirui-gaku)
Korean: 파충류학 (pa.chung.ryu.hag), 양서파충류학 (yang.seo.pa.chung.ryu.hag)
Norwegian: herpetologi (no) m
Portuguese: herpetologia (pt) f
Russian: герпетоло́гия (ru) f (gerpetológija)
Slovak: herpetológia f
Spanish: herpetología (es) f
West Frisian: herpetology