different between burgrave vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• burgraf
• burggrave

Etymology

From German Burggraf, from Burg (“castle”) +? Graf (“count”). Compare Dutch burggraaf, French burgrave. See margrave.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b????e?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b????e?v/
• Hyphenation: bur?grave

Noun

burgrave (plural burgraves)

1. (historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.
2. One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

burgrave m (plural burgraves)

1. (historical) burggrave (commander of a German burg)

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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