Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe study of fungi.
Origin
By surface analysis, myco- + -logy; diachronically, the term may be naturalized from French or German, from a New Latin form.
Full word history & related roots →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
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mycology
Cite this entry
mycology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycology
“mycology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mycology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycology.
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