botany
/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/noun
botany is spelled B-O-T-A-N-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, botany means “A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of botany is botanies.
How many letters and syllables are in botany?
| Letters | 6: B-O-T-A-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is botany?
Botany appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce botany?
- UK /ˈbɒt.ə.ni/
- UK /ˈbɒt.ni/
- UK /-nɪ/
Botany has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-botany.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of botany
- botanies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does botany mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
- 2
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
the botany of Greenland
- 3
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
- 4
A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Botany in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense scientific study of plants:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | botanique |
| German | Botanik, Pflanzenkunde |
| Portuguese | botânica |
| Spanish | botánica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does botany come from?
First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).