different between silvern vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubr?naz (“made of silver”); equivalent to silver +? -(e)n. Cognate with Dutch zilveren (“silvern”), German silbern (“silvern”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?lv?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?lv?n/

Adjective

silvern (not comparable)

1. (literary) Made of silver; or resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
   • 1885, Robert Bird, Law Lyrics (page 31)

     I know a pool, where shadows fall / From fir-trees, melancholy tall, / That dream and quiver round the rim, / And in the molten centre swim, / Where taper tops do all unite / Bemirrored in its silvern light.

Translations

Middle English

Adjective

silvern

1. Alternative form of sylveren

Noun

silvern pl

1. Alternative form of sylveren

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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