different between orangutang vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• orangutan
• orang utan
• orang-utan
• orangoutan
• orangoutang

Etymology

From Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???æ?.u??tæ?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???æ?.u?tæ?/

Noun

orangutang (plural orangutangs)

1. Alternative form of orangutan

Faroese

Etymology

From Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o??a?k?ta?k/

Noun

orangutang f (genitive singular orangutangar, plural orangutangir)

1. orangutan

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Malay orang utan, via Dutch orang-oetan, orang-oetang

Noun

orangutang m (definite singular orangutangen, indefinite plural orangutanger, definite plural orangutangene)

1. an orang-utan or orang-utang

References

• “orangutang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Malay orang utan, via Dutch orang-oetan, orang-oetang

Noun

orangutang m (definite singular orangutangen, indefinite plural orangutangar, definite plural orangutangane)

1. an orang-utan or orang-utang

References

• “orangutang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Noun

orangutang c

1. orangutan

Declension

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