ornithologie
French, noun/ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
ornithologie is spelled O-R-N-I-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ornithologie is a French feminine noun meaning “ornithology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Branche de la zoologie consacrée à l’étude des oiseaux”.
What does ornithologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineornithology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Branche de la zoologie consacrée à l’étude des oiseaux. 2. Ouvrage, traité fait sur cette matière.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ornithologie
- ornithologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ornithologie?
- /ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
- \ɔʁ.ni.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ornithologie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ornithologie in French?
ornithologie appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).