ecology

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ecology

/ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ UK
/ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ US, dialectal
/iˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ US, dialectal
/ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ Canada, dialectal
/ɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ Australia
/əˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ New Zealand
[əˈkɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒi] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

Where it comes from

Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.

noun ecologies · oecology · œcology

countable, uncountable The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other. As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.
broadly, countable, uncountable Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other. social ecology
countable, uncountable The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bionomics, environmental science, mesology, ecosystem, habitat, biology, organic, greening, green, environment, eco, environmental, eco-tourism, environmentalism, nature, era

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noun branch of biology

Español	ecología
한국어	생태학 saengtaehak
日本語	生態学 seitaigaku
中文	生態 /生态 shēngtài, 生態學 /生态学 shēngtàixué
हिन्दी	पारिस्थितिकी pāristhitikī
Kiswahili	ikolojia
Português	ecologia
Français	écologie
Deutsch	Ökologie
Italiano	ecologia
Ελληνικά	οικολογία oikología
Română	ecologie
Русский	эколо́гия ekológija
Tiếng Việt	sinh thái học
العربية	عِلْم اَلْبِيئَة ʕilm al-bīʔa
עברית	אקולוגיה ekologyia

noun totality or pattern of relationships

中文	生態 /生态 shēngtài

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@misc{ecology_2026,
  title = {ecology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ecology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}