phycology

English

Etymology

From phyco- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: fī-kŏlʹə-jē, IPA^(key): /faɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /faɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /fɑɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

phycology (uncountable)

The scientific study of algae.

Synonyms

algology

Related terms

Translations

study of algae

Bulgarian: алгология f (algologija)
Catalan: ficologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 藻類學 / 藻类学 (zh) (zǎolèixué)
Czech: fykologie (cs) f, algologie (cs) f
Dutch: fycologie f
Finnish: levätiede
French: phycologie (fr) f, algologie (fr) f (rather obsolete)
German: Phykologie (de) f, Algenkunde f, Algologie (de) f
Hungarian: moszatkutatás, algológia
Icelandic: þörungafræði f
Indonesian: fikologi (id)
Irish: fíceolaíocht f
Italian: algologia (it) f, ficologia (it) f
Japanese: 藻類学 (ja) (souruigaku)
Khmer: វារីជាតិវិទ្យា (vieriiciet)
Korean: 조류학(藻類學) (joryuhak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fykologi m

Nynorsk: fykologi m
Portuguese: ficologia (pt) f
Romanian: ficologie f
Russian: альгология (ru) m (alʹgologija)
Spanish: ficología (es) f
Swedish: fykologi (sv) c
Tagalog: dalublumutan
Thai: สาหร่ายวิทยา
Turkish: fikoloji, algoloji
Vietnamese: thuộc tảo
Welsh: gwymoneg f