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taxonomy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/tækˈsɒnəmi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/tɛkˈsɒnəmi/ (New-Zealand)
[tɛkˈsɔ̟nəmi] ~ [-sɞ̠n-] (New-Zealand)
/tækˈsɔnəmi/ (Australia)
/takˈsɒnəmi/ (Northern-England, Wales)
/takˈsɔnəmɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/takˈsɔnəme/ (Scotland)
(Southern-England) audio
/tækˈsɒnəmi/ (Canada)
/tækˈsɑnəmi/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. By surface analysis, taxo- + -nomy.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.
- Holonym: ontology (relational rather than solely hierarchical)
(countable, uncountable) A 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 2016:
- 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:
(qualifier:life sciences, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
taxonomies	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

biotaxonomy (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · taxonomics · alpha taxonomy (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

Translations (107)

sh taksonòmija (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · es taxonomía (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · be таксано́мія (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ru классифика́ция (classification in a hierarchical system) · ru таксоно́мия (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ca taxonomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ja 分類 (classification in a hierarchical system) · vi phân loại học (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · mi pūnaha whakarōpū (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · kk таксономия (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · my မျိုးခွဲပညာ (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · cmn 分類法 /分类法 (classification in a hierarchical system) · sv taxonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ru система́тика (classification in a hierarchical system) · sh таксоно̀мија (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · sh таксоно̀мија (classification in a hierarchical system) · oc taxonomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · tk taksonomiýa (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ar عِلْم التَّصْنِيف (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · el ταξινομία (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · sv systematik (classification in a hierarchical system) · bg класифика́ция (classification in a hierarchical system) · ti ስነ ምደባ (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · pt taxonomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ka ტაქსონომია (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · hy կարգաբաշխություն (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · lv taksonomija (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · eo taksonomio (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · fi taksonomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ja 分類法 (classification in a hierarchical system) · da taksonomi (classification in a hierarchical system) · cy tacsonomeg (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · is flokkunarfræði (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · sh система̀тика (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · pt taxionomia (classification in a hierarchical system) · pt taxonomia (classification in a hierarchical system) · de Taxonomie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ky таксономия (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · af taksonomie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · az taksonomiya (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ms taksonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · nb taksonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · fa آرایهبندی (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · hy կարգաբանություն (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · mt tassonomija (classification in a hierarchical system) · it tassonomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · mt tassonomija (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · sk taxonómia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · cmn 分類 /分类 (classification in a hierarchical system) · fr taxinomie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · hu taxonómia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · sh taksonòmija (classification in a hierarchical system) · el ταξινόμηση (classification in a hierarchical system) · uz taksonomiya (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ar تَصْنِيف (classification in a hierarchical system) · da systematik (classification in a hierarchical system) · sh sistemàtika (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · pt taxinomia (classification in a hierarchical system) · sv taxonomi (classification in a hierarchical system) · ms taksonomi (classification in a hierarchical system) · tr taksonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ko 분류법 (classification in a hierarchical system) · fr taxologie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · cs taxonomie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · nn taksonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ja 分類学 (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · af taksonomie (classification in a hierarchical system) · hu osztályozás (classification in a hierarchical system) · ro taxonomie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · pt taxionomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ro taxonomie (classification in a hierarchical system) · et taksonoomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · tr sınıflandırma (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · nn taksonomi (classification in a hierarchical system) · yi טאַקסאָנאָמיִע (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ko 분류학 (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · nb taksonomi (classification in a hierarchical system) · he טַקְסוֹנוֹמְיָה (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · tg таксономия (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ms kaji urutan (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · fr taxonomie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · hy տաքսոնոմիա (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · fa آرایهشناسی (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · mk таксономија (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · nl taxonomie (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ko 분류 (classification in a hierarchical system) · hi वर्गिकी (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ca taxonomia (classification in a hierarchical system) · lt taksonomija (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · th อนุกรมวิธาน (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · id taksonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · gl taxonomía (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · ro ierarhică clasificare (classification in a hierarchical system) · pt taxinomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · sl taksonomija (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · pl taksonomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · hu rendszertan (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · sq taksonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · oc taxinomia (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · fi taksonomia (classification in a hierarchical system) · bg таксоно́мия (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · zza taksonomiye (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · cmn 分類學 /分类学 (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · da taksonomi (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms) · fr taxinomie (classification in a hierarchical system) · gl taxonomía (classification in a hierarchical system) · uk таксоно́мія (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms)

wikidata: Q7211 · wikidata: Q8269924