Meanings
nountaxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)
plural taxonomies
- countableuncountableThe science, technique, or process used to make a classification.
Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)
- countableuncountableA classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
At the petabyte scale, information is not a matter of simple three- and four-dimensional taxonomy and order but of dimensionally agnostic statistics.
2008 June 23, Chris Anderson, “The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete”, in WIRED, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Feb 20161 more example
Very little exists in the annals of the interwebs about Tostitos Hint of Lime. Many nights I’ve sucked down crusty mossed fingertips and typed away in a green-out (like a blackout, but from eating too much Tostitos Hint of Lime), searching for a like-minded fanclub, historical taxonomy, or even a press release.
2022 April 20, Mariella Rudi, “Tostitos Hint of Lime has zero lime – but it’s still the perfect chip”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022 - uncountablelife sciencesThe science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Synonyms: alpha taxonomy, biotaxonomy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
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Origin
- Frenchtaxonomie
- Englishtaxonomy
Borrowed from French taxonomie. By surface analysis, taxo- + -nomy.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans taksonomie, taksonomie
- taksonomieclassification in a hierarchical system
- taksonomiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Arabic تَصْنِيف, عِلْم التَّصْنِيف
- تَصْنِيف (taṣnīf)classification in a hierarchical system
- عِلْم التَّصْنِيف (ʕilm at-taṣnīf)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Bulgarian класифика́ция, таксоно́мия
- класифика́ция (klasifikácija)classification in a hierarchical system
- таксоно́мия (taksonómija)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Catalan taxonomia, taxonomia
- taxonomiaclassification in a hierarchical system
- taxonomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Chinese Mandarin 分類法 /分类法, 分類 /分类
- 分類法 /分类法 (fēnlèifǎ)classification in a hierarchical system
- 分類 /分类 (fēnlèi)classification in a hierarchical system
- 分類學 /分类学 (fēnlèixué)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Czech taxonomie
- taxonomiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Danish taksonomi, systematik
- taksonomiclassification in a hierarchical system
- systematikclassification in a hierarchical system
- taksonomiscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Dutch taxonomie
- taxonomiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Esperanto taksonomio
- taksonomioscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Estonian taksonoomia
- taksonoomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Finnish taksonomia, taksonomia
- taksonomiaclassification in a hierarchical system
- taksonomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
French taxinomie, taxinomie
- taxinomieclassification in a hierarchical system
- taxinomiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- taxonomiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- taxologiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
German Taxonomie
- Taxonomiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Greek ταξινόμηση, ταξινομία
- ταξινόμηση (taxinómisi)classification in a hierarchical system
- ταξινομία (taxinomía)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Hebrew טַקְסוֹנוֹמְיָה
- טַקְסוֹנוֹמְיָה (taksonómya)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Hindi वर्गिकी
- वर्गिकी (vargikī)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Hungarian osztályozás, rendszertan
- osztályozásclassification in a hierarchical system
- rendszertanscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- taxonómiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Icelandic flokkunarfræði
- flokkunarfræðiscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Indonesian taksonomi
- taksonomiscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Italian tassonomia
- tassonomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Japanese 分類法, 分類
- 分類法 (bunruihō)classification in a hierarchical system
- 分類 (bunrui)classification in a hierarchical system
- 分類学 (bunruigaku)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Korean 분류법, 분류
- 분류법 (bullyubeop)classification in a hierarchical system
- 분류 (bullyu)classification in a hierarchical system
- 분류학 (bullyuhak)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Latvian taksonomija
- taksonomijascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Lithuanian taksonomija
- taksonomijascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Malay taksonomi, kaji urutan
- taksonomiclassification in a hierarchical system
- kaji urutanscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- taksonomiscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Māori pūnaha whakarōpū
- pūnaha whakarōpūscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Norwegian Bokmål taksonomi, taksonomi
- taksonomiclassification in a hierarchical system
- taksonomiscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Persian آرایهبندی, آرایهشناسی
- آرایهبندی (ârâye-bandi)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- آرایهشناسی (ârâye-šenâsi)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Polish taksonomia, taksonomia
- taksonomiaclassification in a hierarchical system
- taksonomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Portuguese taxonomia, taxinomia
- taxonomiaclassification in a hierarchical system
- taxinomiaclassification in a hierarchical system
- taxionomiaclassification in a hierarchical system
- taxonomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- taxinomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- taxionomiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Romanian taxonomie, ierarhică clasificare
- taxonomieclassification in a hierarchical system
- ierarhică clasificareclassification in a hierarchical system
- taxonomiescience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Russian система́тика, классифика́ция
- система́тика (sistemátika)classification in a hierarchical system
- классифика́ция (klassifikácija)classification in a hierarchical system
- таксоно́мия (taksonómija)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Slovak taxonómia
- taxonómiascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Spanish taxonomía
- taxonomíascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Swedish taxonomi, systematik
- taxonomiclassification in a hierarchical system
- systematikclassification in a hierarchical system
- taxonomiscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Thai อนุกรมวิธาน
- อนุกรมวิธาน (à-nú-grom-wí-taan)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Turkish sınıflandırma, taksonomi
- sınıflandırmascience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
- taksonomiscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Ukrainian таксоно́мія
- таксоно́мія (taksonómija)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Vietnamese phân loại học
- phân loại họcscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Welsh tacsonomeg
- tacsonomegscience of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Yiddish טאַקסאָנאָמיִע
- טאַקסאָנאָמיִע (taksonomie)science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with taxonomy
economyastronomyautonomyDeuteronomyagronomygastronomyaeronomymetonymytaphonomybionomytheonomyanthroponomyarchaeastronomychemotaxonomycontronymycytotaxonomydactylonomydiseconomygeonomyheteronomyineconomynonautonomysemiautonomysubeconomy
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“taxonomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxonomy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taxonomy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxonomy.
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