speleology

Etymology
From, coined by Émile Rivière in 1890. The word can be broken down as.

Noun

 * 1) The scientific study of caves.
 * 2) The recreational activity of exploring caves.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: espeleologia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: speleologio
 * Finnish:, luolatutkimus
 * French:
 * German:, Speleologie, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ, агуйн судлал
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: espeleologia
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: palayungiban
 * Volapük: lekevav
 * Welsh: ogofeg


 * Catalan: espeleologia
 * Finnish: luolatutkimus
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Spanish: espeleísmo
 * Welsh: ogofa