different between blanche vs taxonomy

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl???/

Adjective

blanche

1. feminine singular of blanc

Noun

blanche f (plural blanches)

1. (music) minim, half note

Further reading

• “blanche” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Adjective

blanche

1. feminine singular of blanc

Old French

Alternative forms

• blance (less common)

Adjective

blanche f

1. nominative/oblique feminine singular of blanc

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

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