speleology

English

Etymology

From speleo- +‎ -logy.

Noun

speleology (usually uncountable, plural speleologies)

The scientific study of caves.
The recreational activity of exploring caves.

Related terms

Translations

scientific study of caves

Catalan: espeleologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洞穴學 (zh), 洞穴学 (zh) (dòngxuéxué)
Czech: speleologie (cs) f
Dutch: speleologie (nl) f
Esperanto: speleologio
Finnish: speleologia (fi), luolatutkimus
French: spéléologie (fr) f
German: Speläologie (de), Speleologie, Höhlenforschung, Höhlenkunde
Greek: σπηλαιολογία (el) f (spilaiología)

Hungarian: szpeleológia (hu), barlangtan (hu)
Japanese: 洞穴学 (どうけつがく, dōketsugaku)
Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ), агуйн судлал (agujn sudlal)
Polish: speleologia (pl) f
Portuguese: espeleologia f
Russian: спелеоло́гия (ru) f (speleológija)
Slovak: speleológia (sk) f
Spanish: espeleología (es) f
Tagalog: palayungiban
Volapük: lekevav

recreational activity of exploring caves

Catalan: espeleologia f
Finnish: luolatutkimus

Hungarian: barlangkutatás (hu), barlangászat (hu)
Spanish: espeleísmo m (rare)

See also

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