Meanings
nounnatural history (countable and uncountable, plural natural histories)
plural natural histories
- countableuncountableThe study of all natural phenomena: botany, zoology, mineralogy, etc.
- countableuncountableA treatise or similar work that summarizes the known facts of either of the above.
- countableuncountablemedicineThe progression of a medical condition in an individual.
Translations
Afrikaans natuurgeskiedenis
- natuurgeskiedenisstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Arabic تاريخ طبيعي
- تاريخ طبيعيstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Bulgarian естествозна́ние, природозна́ние
- естествозна́ние (estestvoznánie)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
- природозна́ние (prirodoznánie)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
- естествозна́ние (estestvoznánie)study of all natural phenomena
- природозна́ние (prirodoznánie)study of all natural phenomena
Catalan història natural
- història naturalstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Chinese Mandarin 博物學 /博物学, 動植物研究 /动植物研究
- 博物學 /博物学 (bówùxué)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
- 動植物研究 /动植物研究 (dòngzhíwù yánjiū)study of all natural phenomena
- 博物學論著 /博物学论著 (bówùxué lùnzhù)treatise
- 動植物研究論著 /动植物研究论著 (dòngzhíwù yánjiū lùnzhù)treatise
- 自然發展過程 /自然发展过程 (zìrán fāzhǎn guòchéng)progression of a medical condition
Czech přírodopis
- přírodopisstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Danish naturhistorie
- naturhistoriestudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Dutch natuurlijke historie
- natuurlijke historiestudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Esperanto natura historio
- natura historiostudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Finnish luonnonhistoria, luonnontiede
- luonnonhistoriastudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
- luonnontiedestudy of all natural phenomena
- luonnonhistoriatreatise
- luonnollinen kulkuprogression of a medical condition
French histoire naturelle, histoire naturelle
- histoire naturellestudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
- histoire naturellestudy of all natural phenomena
German Naturgeschichte
- Naturgeschichtestudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Greek φυσική ιστορία
- φυσική ιστορία (fysikí istoría)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
Hindi प्राकृतिक इतिहास
- प्राकृतिक इतिहास (prākŕtik itihās)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
Hungarian természetrajz, természetrajz
- természetrajzstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
- természetrajzstudy of all natural phenomena
- környezetismeretstudy of all natural phenomena
Icelandic náttúrusaga
- náttúrusagastudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Indonesian sejarah alam
- sejarah alamstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Italian storia naturale
- storia naturalestudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Japanese 博物学
- 博物学 (hakubutsu gaku)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
Korean 박물학
- 박물학 (bangmulhak)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
Latin historia naturalis
- historia naturalisstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Norwegian Bokmål naturhistorie, naturhistorie
- naturhistoriestudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
- naturhistoriestudy of all natural phenomena
Persian تاریخِ طبیعی
- تاریخِ طبیعی (târix-e tabi'i)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
Polish historia naturalna
- historia naturalnastudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Portuguese história natural
- história naturalstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Romanian istorie naturală
- istorie naturalăstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Russian природове́дение, природове́дение
- природове́дение (prirodovédenije)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
- природове́дение (prirodovédenije)study of all natural phenomena
Spanish historia natural
- historia naturalstudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Swedish naturhistoria, naturhistoria
- naturhistoriastudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
- naturhistoriastudy of all natural phenomena
Tamil இயற்கை வரலாறு
- இயற்கை வரலாறு (iyaṟkai varalāṟu)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
Turkish doğa tarihi
- doğa tarihistudy of the origins and evolution of all living things
Ukrainian природни́ча істо́рія, природозна́вство
- природни́ча істо́рія (pryrodnýča istórija)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
- природозна́вство (pryrodoznávstvo)study of the origins and evolution of all living things
- природни́ча істо́рія (pryrodnýča istórija)study of all natural phenomena
- природозна́вство (pryrodoznávstvo)study of all natural phenomena
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APA
natural history. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20history
MLA
“natural history.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20history. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “natural history,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20history.
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