Taxonomy

//tækˈsɒn.ə.mi//

Synonyms for "taxonomy" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
alpha taxonomy

Strong matches (37)

Noun(1 words)
biotaxonomy

Related words (62)

Noun(1 words)
taxonomics

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

10 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

coordinate

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defined as

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derived

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Showing 16 of 25 words.

has context

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is a

4 entries

related to

6 entries

similar

14 entries

Translations

106 translations across 61 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • taksonomie noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomie noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Albanian

1 entries
  • taksonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَصْنِيف noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • عِلْم التَّصْنِيف noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Armenian

3 entries
  • կարգաբանություն noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • կարգաբաշխություն noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • տաքսոնոմիա noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • taksonomiya noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • таксано́мія noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • класифика́ция noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • таксоно́мия noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မျိုးခွဲပညာ noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Catalan

2 entries
  • taxonomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxonomia noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 分類 /分类 noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • 分類學 /分类学 noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • 分類法 /分类法 noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Czech

1 entries
  • taxonomie noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Danish

3 entries
  • systematik noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • taksonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomi noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Dutch

1 entries
  • taxonomie noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • taksonomio noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Estonian

1 entries
  • taksonoomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Finnish

2 entries
  • taksonomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomia noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

French

3 entries
  • taxinomie noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxinomie noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • taxonomie noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Galician

2 entries
  • taxonomía noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxonomía noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტაქსონომია noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

German

1 entries
  • Taxonomie noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Greek

2 entries
  • ταξινομία noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • ταξινόμηση noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • טַקְסוֹנוֹמְיָה noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Hindi

1 entries
  • वर्गिकी noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • osztályozás noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • rendszertan noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxonómia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • flokkunarfræði noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • taksonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Italian

1 entries
  • tassonomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 分類 noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • 分類学 noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • 分類法 noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • таксономия noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Korean

3 entries
  • 분류 noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • 분류법 noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • 분류학 noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • таксономия noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Latvian

1 entries
  • taksonomija noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • taksonomija noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • таксономија noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Malay

3 entries
  • kaji urutan noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomi noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Maltese

2 entries
  • tassonomija noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • tassonomija noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Māori

1 entries
  • pūnaha whakarōpū noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • taksonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomi noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • taksonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomi noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Occitan

2 entries
  • taxinomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxonomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Persian

2 entries
  • آرایهبندی noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • آرایهشناسی noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Polish

1 entries
  • taksonomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • taxinomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxinomia noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • taxionomia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxionomia noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Romanian

3 entries
  • ierarhică clasificare noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • taxonomie noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxonomie noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Russian

3 entries
  • классифика́ция noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • система́тика noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • таксоно́мия noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sistemàtika noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonòmija noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonòmija noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • система̀тика noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Slovak

1 entries
  • taxonómia noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Slovene

1 entries
  • taksonomija noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Spanish

1 entries
  • taxonomía noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Swedish

3 entries
  • systematik noun (classification in a hierarchical system)
  • taxonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taxonomi noun (classification in a hierarchical system)

Tajik

1 entries
  • таксономия noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Thai

1 entries
  • อนุกรมวิธาน noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ስነ ምደባ noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Turkish

2 entries
  • sınıflandırma noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)
  • taksonomi noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • taksonomiýa noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • таксоно́мія noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • taksonomiya noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phân loại học noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tacsonomeg noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טאַקסאָנאָמיִע noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • taksonomiye noun (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What's the difference between nomenclature and taxonomy?

Source: tatoeba (9631330)

Taxonomy is always changing.

Source: tatoeba (10478495)

What's the difference between taxonomy and ontology?

Source: tatoeba (10485501)

Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.

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