biologie

From Dutch biologie, from German Biologie.

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biologie (uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

• biologies

• bioloog

From bio- +‎ -logie.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪjoloɡɪjɛ]

biologie f

1. biology

• “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), 2008–2025

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbi.oː.loːˈɣi/

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• Hyphenation: bio‧lo‧gie
• Rhymes: -i

biologie f (uncountable)

1. biology (science of living matter)

• bioloog

• Afrikaans: biologie
• → Indonesian: biologi

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

• IPA^(key): /bioloˈɡie/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lo‧gi‧e

biologie

1. biologically

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”).

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ.lɔ.ʒi/

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

biologie f (plural biologies)

1. biology

• microbiologie
• scotobiologie

• biologique
• biologiste

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

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

biologie f

1. plural of biologia

• IPA^(key): /bjɔˈlɔ.ɡjɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡjɛ
• Syllabification: bio‧lo‧gie

biologie

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

• биолоӂие (biologie) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

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

• IPA^(key): /bi.o.loˈd͡ʒi.e/

biologie f (uncountable)

1. biology

• fotobiologie

• biologic

• “biologie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

biologie (uncountable)

1. biology