# biologie
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch biologie, from German Biologie.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

biologie (uncountable)
* biology (science of living matter)

#### Derived terms

* biologies

#### Related terms

* bioloog

## Czech
### Etymology

From bio- +‎ -logie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɪjoloɡɪjɛ]

### Noun

biologie f
* biology

#### Related terms

* biolog
* biologický

### Further reading

* “biologie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “biologie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “biologie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌbi(j)oːloːˈɣi/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie
* Rhymes: -i

### Noun

biologie f (uncountable)
* biology (science of living matter)

#### Derived terms

* biologieles
* biologisch
* celbiologie
* evolutiebiologie
* microbiologie
* ontwikkelingsbiologie
* veldbiologie

#### Related terms

* bioloog

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: biologie
* → Indonesian: biologi

### References

* “biologie” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bioloˈɡie]
* Rhymes: -ie
* Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lo‧gi‧e

### Adverb

biologie
* biologically

#### Related terms

* biologia (“biological”)
* biologio (“biology”)
* biologo (“biologist”)

## French
### Etymology

As a French word, coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1802. Possibly formed as bio- +‎ -logie. Possibly borrowed from German Biologie or New Latin biologia. In any case, derived from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bjɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Homophone: biologies
* Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie

### Noun

biologie f (plural biologies)
* biology

#### Derived terms

* microbiologie
* scotobiologie

#### Related terms

* biologique
* biologiste

#### Descendants

* → Persian: بیولوژی (biyoloži)
* → Romanian: biologie
* → Turkish: biyoloji

### Further reading

* “biologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Noun

biologie f
* plural of biologia

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bjɔˈlɔ.ɡjɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡjɛ
* Syllabification: bio‧lo‧gie

### Noun

biologie
* nominative plural of biologia
* accusative plural of biologia
* vocative plural of biologia

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* биолоӂие (biologie) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.o.loˈd͡ʒi.e/

### Noun

biologie f (uncountable)
* biology

#### Derived terms

* fotobiologie

#### Related terms

* biologic

### References

* biologie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Scots
### Noun

biologie (uncountable)
* biology