natural history

English

Noun

natural history (countable and uncountable, plural natural histories)

1. The study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships.
2. The study of all natural phenomena: botany, zoology, mineralogy, etc.
3. A treatise or similar work that summarizes the known facts of either of the above.
4. (medicine) The progression of a medical condition in an individual.

Translations

study of the origins and evolution of all living things

• Afrikaans: natuurgeskiedenis
• Arabic: تاريخ طبيعي
• Asturian: historia natural f
• Belarusian: прыродазнаўства n (pryródaznaŭstva)
• Catalan: història natural f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博物學 / 博物学 (zh) (bówùxué)

• Czech: přírodopis (cs) m
• Danish: naturhistorie c
• Dutch: natuurlijke historie f
• Esperanto: natura historio
• Faroese: náttúrusøga f
• Finnish: luonnonhistoria (fi)
• French: histoire naturelle (fr) f
• Galician: historia natural f
• German: Naturgeschichte (de) f
• Greek: φυσική ιστορία f (fysikí istoría)
• Hindi: प्राकृतिक इतिहास (prākŕtik itihās)
• Hungarian: természetrajz (hu)
• Icelandic: náttúrusaga f
• Indonesian: sejarah alam
• Interlingua: historia natural
• Italian: storia naturale (it) f
• Japanese: 博物学 (ja)
• Kannada: ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸ (naisargika itihāsa)
• Kazakh: жаратылыстану (jaratylystanu)
• Korean: 박물학 (ko) (bangmulhak)
• Latin: historia naturalis
• Luxembourgish: Naturléier f
• Macedonian: природона́ука f (prirodonáuka), природознание n (prirodoznanie)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naturhistorie m or f

  Nynorsk: naturhistorie f

• Persian: تاریخِ طبیعی (târix-e tabi'i)
• Polish: historia naturalna f
• Portuguese: história natural f
• Romanian: istorie naturală f
• Russian: природове́дение (ru) n (prirodovédenije)
• Slovene: prirodopis m
• Spanish: historia natural f
• Swedish: naturhistoria c
• Tajik: таърихи табиъӣ (taʾrix-i tabiʾi)
• Tamil: இயற்கை வரலாறு (iyaṟkai varalāṟu)
• Turkish: doğa tarihi
• Ukrainian: природни́ча істо́рія f (pryrodnýča istórija), природозна́вство n (pryrodoznávstvo)

study of all natural phenomena

• Belarusian: прыродазнаўства n (pryródaznaŭstva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動植物研究 / 动植物研究 (dòngzhíwù yánjiū)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: luonnontiede (fi)
• French: histoire naturelle (fr) f
• Hungarian: (dated term) természetrajz (hu), (a primary school subject) környezetismeret
• Macedonian: природона́ука f (prirodonáuka), природознание n (prirodoznanie)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naturhistorie m or f

  Nynorsk: naturhistorie f

• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: природове́дение (ru) n (prirodovédenije)
• Swedish: naturhistoria c
• Ukrainian: природни́ча істо́рія f (pryrodnýča istórija), природозна́вство n (pryrodoznávstvo)

treatise

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博物學論著 / 博物学论着 (bówùxué lùnzhù), 動植物研究論著 / 动植物研究论着 (dòngzhíwù yánjiū lùnzhù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: luonnonhistoria (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

progression of a medical condition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自然發展過程 / 自然发展过程 (zìrán fāzhǎn guòchéng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: luonnollinen kulku
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} природознание n (prirodoznanie)

See also

• naturalist
• science