botany

English

Etymology

First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒt.ə.ni/, /ˈbɒt.ni/, /-nɪ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑt.ə.ni/, /ˈbɑt.ni/
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Rhymes: -ɒtəni

Noun

botany (countable and uncountable, plural botanies)

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
the botany of Greenland
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

Derived terms

Translations

scientific study of plants

Afrikaans: plantkunde (af)
Albanian: botanika ?
Arabic: عِلْم اَلنَّبَات m (ʕilm an-nabāt)
Armenian: բուսաբանություն (hy) (busabanutʿyun)
Asturian: botánica f
Azerbaijani: botanika (az), nəbatatşünaslıq
Bashkir: ботаника (botanika)
Basque: botanika (eu)
Belarusian: бата́ніка f (batánika)
Bengali: উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞান (udbhidbiggên)
Breton: louzawouriezh ?
Bulgarian: бота́ника (bg) f (botánika)
Burmese: ရုက္ခဗေဒ (my) (rukhka.beda.)
Catalan: botànica (ca) f
Chinese:
Hokkien: 植物學／植物学 (si̍t-bu̍t-ha̍k)

Mandarin: 植物學／植物学 (zh) (zhíwùxué)
Czech: botanika (cs) f
Danish: botanik (da) c
Dhivehi: ގަހަވީ އިލްމު (gahavī ilmu)
Dutch: plantkunde (nl) f, botanie (nl) f, botanica (nl) f
Esperanto: botaniko (eo), plantscienco
Estonian: taimeteadus
Faroese: plantufrøði f
Finnish: kasvitiede (fi)
French: botanique (fr) f
Galician: botánica (gl) f
Georgian: ბოტანიკა (boṭaniḳa)
German: Botanik (de) f, Pflanzenkunde f
Alemannic German: Bflanzekùnd ?
Greek: φυτολογία (el) f (fytología)
Greenlandic: botanikki
Gujarati: વનસ્પતિશાસ્ત્ર ? (vanaspatiśāstra)
Haitian Creole: etid plant
Hawaiian: kālailau nahele
Hebrew: בוטניקה (he) f (bot'aniqa)
Hindi: वनस्पति विज्ञान m (vanaspati vijñān)
Hungarian: növénytan (hu)
Icelandic: grasafræði (is) f
Indonesian: ilmu tumbuh-tumbuhan (id)
Irish: luibheolaíocht f
Italian: botanica (it) f
Japanese: 植物学 (ja) (しょくぶつがく,shokubutsugaku)
Kannada: ಸಸ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (sasyaśāstra), ಗಿಡದರಿಮೆ (kn) (giḍadarime)
Kazakh: ботаника (botanika), өсімдік тану (ösımdık tanu), өсімдіктану (ösımdıktanu)
Korean: 식물학(植物學) (ko) (singmulhak)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: giyanasî (ku)
Kyrgyz: ботаника (ky) (botanika)
Latin: botanica (la) f
Latvian: botānika f
Limburgish: plantkónde ?
Lithuanian: botanika (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Botanik f
Macedonian: ботаника f (botanika)
Malay: kaji tumbuhan, botani (ms)
Malayalam: സസ്യശാസ്ത്രം (sasyaśāstraṁ)
Manx: lus-oaylleeaght f
Maori: mātauranga huaota, mātai tipu
Marathi: वनस्पतीशास्त्र ? (vanaspatīśāstra)
Mongolian: ургамалзүй (urgamalzüj), ургамал судлал (urgamal sudlal)
Nahuatl: tlanelhuayomatiliztli
Navajo: chʼil naalkaah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: botanikk (no) m, plantelære m or f

Nynorsk: plantelære ?
Occitan: botanica (oc) f
Odia: ଉଦ୍ଭିଦ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ (udbhidô bijñanô)
Ossetian: ботаникӕ (botanikæ)
Ottoman Turkish: اوتلر علمی (otlar ilmi), علم نباتات (ilm-i nebatat)
Pashto: بوټپوهنه (ps) f (buṭpohəna)
Persian: گیاه‌شناسی (giyâh-šenâsi)
Polish: botanika (pl) f, roślinoznawstwo n
Portuguese: botânica (pt) f
Punjabi: ਬਨਸਪਤੀ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ? (banasapatī vigiān)
Romanian: botanică (ro) f
Russian: бота́ника (ru) f (botánika)
Scottish Gaelic: luibh-eòlas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ботаника f

Roman: botanika (sh) f
Slovak: botanika (sk) f
Slovene: botanika (sl) f
Spanish: botánica (es) f
Sundanese: élmu tutuwuhan
Swahili: botania class 9/10, elimumime ?
Swedish: botanik (sv) c, växtlära (sv) ?
Tagalog: botanika
Tajik: гиёҳшиносӣ (giyohšinosī)
Tamil: தாவரவியல் (ta) (tāvaraviyal)
Telugu: వృక్షశాస్త్రం (te) (vr̥kṣaśāstraṁ)
Thai: พฤกษศาสตร์ (prʉ́k-sà-sàat)
Turkish: botanik (tr), bitki bilimi (tr)
Ukrainian: бота́ніка (uk) f (botánika)
Vietnamese: thực vật học (vi) (植物學)
Volapük: planav (vo)
Walloon: botanike (wa) f
Welsh: llysieueg (cy) f

plant life of an area

Finnish: kasvillisuus (fi), kasvisto (fi)

properties and life phenomena of plants

Finnish: kasvibiologia
Japanese: 植物生態 (しょくぶつせいたい, shokubutsu sētai)
Swedish: växtbiologi c

botanical treatise or study

Finnish: kasvitieteellinen artikkeli (article), kasvitieteellinen tutkimus (study)
Swedish: lärobok i botanik c (text book), flora (sv) c (floristics)

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Translations to be checked

Persian: ^{(please verify)} گیاه‌شناسی (giyâh-šenâsi)