botanika

See also: botānika, botānikā, and botāniķa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbotanɪka]

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• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Etymology 1

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Noun

botanika f (relational adjective botanický)

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

   Synonyms: rostlinopis, fytologie

Declension

Declension of botanika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	botanika	botaniky
genitive	botaniky	botanik
dative	botanice	botanikám
accusative	botaniku	botaniky
vocative	botaniko	botaniky
locative	botanice	botanikách
instrumental	botanikou	botanikami

Derived terms

• botanicky

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

botanika m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of botanik

Further reading

• “botanika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “botanika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “botanika”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Hungarian

Etymology

From scientific Latin botanica (scientia), from Ancient Greek βοτανικός (botanikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbotɒnikɒ]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

botanika

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

   Synonym: növénytan

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	botanika	botanikák
accusative	botanikát	botanikákat
dative	botanikának	botanikáknak
instrumental	botanikával	botanikákkal
causal-final	botanikáért	botanikákért
translative	botanikává	botanikákká
terminative	botanikáig	botanikákig
essive-formal	botanikaként	botanikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	botanikában	botanikákban
superessive	botanikán	botanikákon
adessive	botanikánál	botanikáknál
illative	botanikába	botanikákba
sublative	botanikára	botanikákra
allative	botanikához	botanikákhoz
elative	botanikából	botanikákból
delative	botanikáról	botanikákról
ablative	botanikától	botanikáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	botanikáé	botanikáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	botanikáéi	botanikákéi

Possessive forms of botanika

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	botanikám	botanikáim
2nd person sing.	botanikád	botanikáid
3rd person sing.	botanikája	botanikái
1st person plural	botanikánk	botanikáink
2nd person plural	botanikátok	botanikáitok
3rd person plural	botanikájuk	botanikáik

Further reading

• botanika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• botanika in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔ²ˈtɑːnʲɪkɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːnʲɪkɐ
• Syllabification: bo‧tã‧ni‧ka

Noun

botãnika f (plural botãnikos) stress pattern 1

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

Declension

Declension of botãnika

	singular	plural
nominative	botãnika	botãnikos
genitive	botãnikos	botãnikų
dative	botãnikai	botãnikoms
accusative	botãniką	botãnikas
instrumental	botãnika	botãnikomis
locative	botãnikoje	botãnikose
vocative	botãnika	botãnikos

Polish

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (prescriptive) /bɔˈta.ɲi.ka/, (colloquial) /bɔ.taˈɲi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -aɲika, -ika
• Syllabification: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botanika f

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

Declension

Declension of botanika

	singular
nominative	botanika
genitive	botaniki
dative	botanice
accusative	botanikę
instrumental	botaniką
locative	botanice
vocative	botaniko

Derived terms

adjective

• botaniczny

nouns

• astrobotanika
• botanik

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.taˈɲi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botanika m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of botanik

Further reading

• “botanika”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “botanika”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /botǎnika/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botànika f (Cyrillic spelling бота̀ника)

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

Declension

Declension of botanika

	singular
nominative	botanika
genitive	botanike
dative	botanici
accusative	botaniku
vocative	botaniko
locative	botanici
instrumental	botanikom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔtanika/, [ˈbɔtanika]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botanika f (relational adjective botanický)

1. botany

Declension

Declension of botanika
(pattern žena)

	singular
nominative	botanika
genitive	botaniky
dative	botanike
accusative	botaniku
locative	botanike
instrumental	botanikou

Related terms

• botanička
• botanicky
• botanik

Further reading

• “botanika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔtàːnika/

Noun

botánika f

1. botany

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	botanika
gen. sing.	botanike
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	botanika	botaniki	botanike
genitive (rodȋlnik)	botanike	botanik	botanik
dative (dajȃlnik)	botaniki	botanikama	botanikam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	botaniko	botaniki	botanike
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	botaniki	botanikah	botanikah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	botaniko	botanikama	botanikami

Further reading

• “botanika”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek βοτανική (botanikḗ)

Latin botanica

Spanish botánicabor.

Tagalog botanika

Borrowed from Spanish botánica, from Latin botanica, from Ancient Greek βοτανική (botanikḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boˈtanika/ [boˌt̪aː.n̪ɪˈx̠a]
• Rhymes: -anika
• Syllabification: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botániká (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜈᜒᜃ)

1. (sciences) botany

   Synonyms: (neologism) dalubhalamanan, (neologism) aghalaman

Related terms

• botaniko

Further reading

• “botanika”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “botanika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 181

Anagrams

• Batikano