mycology

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UK/maɪˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/US/maɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

noun

The study of fungi.

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Meanings

nounmycology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe study of fungi.

    Synonyms: fungology

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe study of fungi.

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Origin

By surface analysis, myco- + -logy; diachronically, the term may be naturalized from French or German, from a New Latin form.

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Translations

Afrikaans mikologie
  • mikologiestudy of fungi
Arabic عَلْم الفَطْرِيَات
  • عَلْم الفَطْرِيَات (ʕalm al-faṭriyāt)study of fungi
Bengali ছত্রাকবিজ্ঞান
  • ছত্রাকবিজ্ঞান (chotrakbiggên)study of fungi
Bulgarian микология
  • микология (mikologija)study of fungi
Catalan micologia
  • micologiastudy of fungi
Chinese Mandarin 真菌學 /真菌学
  • 真菌學 /真菌学 (zhēnjùnxué)study of fungi
Czech mykologie
  • mykologiestudy of fungi
Danish mykologi
  • mykologistudy of fungi
Dutch mycologie
  • mycologiestudy of fungi
Esperanto mikologio, fungoscienco
  • mikologiostudy of fungi
  • fungosciencostudy of fungi
Estonian mükoloogia, seeneteadus
  • mükoloogiastudy of fungi
  • seeneteadusstudy of fungi
Finnish mykologia, sienitiede
  • mykologiastudy of fungi
  • sienitiedestudy of fungi
French mycologie
  • mycologiestudy of fungi
German Mykologie, Pilzkunde
  • Mykologiestudy of fungi
  • Pilzkundestudy of fungi
Greek μυκητολογία
  • μυκητολογία (mykitología)study of fungi
Hawaiian kālaikalina
  • kālaikalinastudy of fungi
Hindi कवक विज्ञान
  • कवक विज्ञान (kavak vijñān)study of fungi
Hungarian gombatan
  • gombatanstudy of fungi
Icelandic sveppafræði
  • sveppafræðistudy of fungi
Indonesian mikologi
  • mikologistudy of fungi
Irish míceolaíocht
  • míceolaíochtstudy of fungi
Italian micologia
  • micologiastudy of fungi
Japanese 菌類学
  • 菌類学 (kinruigaku)study of fungi
Korean 균류학
  • 균류학 (gyullyuhak)study of fungi
Latin mycologia
  • mycologiastudy of fungi
Latvian mikoloģija
  • mikoloģijastudy of fungi
Lithuanian mikologija
  • mikologijastudy of fungi
Malay kaji kulat, mikologi
  • kaji kulatstudy of fungi
  • mikologistudy of fungi
Norwegian Bokmål mykologi
  • mykologistudy of fungi
Polish mykologia, mikologia
  • mykologiastudy of fungi
  • mikologiastudy of fungi
Portuguese micologia
  • micologiastudy of fungi
Romanian micologie
  • micologiestudy of fungi
Russian микология
  • микология (mikologija)study of fungi
Slovak mykológia
  • mykológiastudy of fungi
Spanish micología
  • micologíastudy of fungi
Swedish mykologi, svampkännedom
  • mykologistudy of fungi
  • svampkännedomstudy of fungi
Tagalog mikolohiya
  • mikolohiyastudy of fungi
Tamil காளானியல்
  • காளானியல் (kāḷāṉiyal)study of fungi
Turkish mikoloji, mantar bilimi
  • mikolojistudy of fungi
  • mantar bilimistudy of fungi
Ukrainian міколо́гія, грибозна́вство
  • міколо́гія (mikolóhija)study of fungi
  • грибозна́вство (hryboznávstvo)study of fungi
Vietnamese môn học nấm, nấm học
  • môn học nấmstudy of fungi
  • nấm họcstudy of fungi
Welsh mycoleg
  • mycolegstudy of fungi

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Cite this entry
APA

mycology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycology

MLA

“mycology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mycology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycology.

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