different between bacchante vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• Bacchante

Noun

bacchante (plural bacchantes)

1. a priestess of Bacchus
2. a female bacchanal

Synonyms

• maenad

Related terms

• bacchant

References

• bacchante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.k??t/
• Homophone: bacchantes

Noun

bacchante f (plural bacchantes)

1. bacchante
2. (especially in plural) moustache

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bak?k?an.te/, [bäk?k?än?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bak?kan.te/, [b?k?k?n?t??]

Participle

bacchante

1. ablative masculine singular of bacch?ns
2. ablative feminine singular of bacch?ns
3. ablative neuter singular of bacch?ns

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations