spéléologie
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French
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion, “cave”) + the suffix -logie.
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Noun
spéléologie f (plural spéléologies)
- caving, potholing, spelunking, speleology
- 2000, Guy De Block, De la Chantoire au Sotano : histoire de la spéléologie belge, Dricot, page 274:
- Poser au grand public la question suivante : « Que signifie pour vous la spéléologie ? », c’est s’attendre à une réponse du genre « c’est un sport dangereux, on ne voit pas à quoi il sert ».
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Further reading
- “spéléologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.