speleology

English

Etymology

From French spéléologie, coined by Émile Rivière in 1890. The word can be broken down as speleo- +‎ -logy.

Noun

speleology (usually uncountable, plural speleologies)

The scientific study of caves.
The recreational activity of exploring caves.

Related terms

Translations

scientific study of caves

Bulgarian: спелеоло́гия (bg) f (speleológija)
Catalan: espeleologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洞穴學／洞穴学 (zh) (dòngxuéxué)
Czech: speleologie (cs) f
Dutch: speleologie (nl) f
Esperanto: speleologio
Finnish: speleologia (fi), luolatutkimus
French: spéléologie (fr) f
German: Speläologie (de), Speleologie, Höhlenforschung (de), Höhlenkunde (de)
Greek: σπηλαιολογία (el) f (spilaiología)
Hungarian: szpeleológia (hu), barlangtan (hu)
Japanese: 洞穴学 (ja) (どうけつがく, dōketsugaku)
Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠢ
ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (aɣui yin sudulul), агуйн судлал (agujn sudlal)
Polish: speleologia (pl) f
Portuguese: espeleologia f
Romanian: speologie (ro) f
Russian: спелеоло́гия (ru) f (speleológija)
Slovak: speleológia (sk) f
Spanish: espeleología (es) f
Swedish: speleologi (sv) c
Tagalog: palayungiban
Volapük: lekevav
Welsh: ogofeg f

recreational activity of exploring caves

Catalan: espeleologia f
Finnish: luolatutkimus
Hungarian: barlangkutatás (hu), barlangászat (hu)
Spanish: espeleísmo m (rare)
Welsh: ogofa m

See also

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