How do you pronounce ornithology?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑlədʒi/.

ornithology

/ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑlədʒi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: or-nithol-o-gy
IPA: /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑlədʒi/

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Meaning

noun

The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gesner says in his Ornithology, that this fact was attested by a great many moderns of his own time, and he even quotes Albert the great, who asserts that he has seen a cock foster chickens."
"Jerome A. Jackson, an ivory bill specialist at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, has now increased the intensity of the discussion in a 15-page article in the current issue of The Auk, a quarterly ornithology journal published by the American Ornithologists' Union."

Etymology

From New Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos), from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos). See also ornitho- + -logy.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ornithologia, ὀρνιθολόγος

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑlədʒi/
British English: /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ornithologies (plural)

Derived Forms

ethnoornithology ornithologic ornithological ornithologist ornithologize paleornithology

Synonyms

birdlore fowl-lore

Rhymes With

technology psychology biology ideology theology methodology sociology geology ecology terminology anthropology physiology