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climate

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈklaɪ.mɪt/
  • /ˈklaɪ.mət/ weak vowel merger
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  • CMU ARPABET: K L AY1 M AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K L AY1 M IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A region of the Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To dwell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, poetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dank climate of southern Wales
  • plants from a cold clime travel best in winter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clime

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: environmental condition

7

noun

Meaning 7

the prevailing psychological state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the climate of opinion
  • the national mood had changed radically since the last election

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

History

Etymology

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

Across languages

Translations

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: klimaat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Albanian: klimë — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Arabic: مَنَاخ (manāḵ) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Arabic: مُنَاخ (munāḵ) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Arabic: مناخ (manāḵ) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Arabic: طقس (ṭaʔs) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Armenian: կլիմա (klima) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Assamese: জলবায়ু (zolbayu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Assamese: হাৱা-পানী (hawa-pani) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Azerbaijani: iqlim — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Azerbaijani: ab-hava — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Belarusian: клі́мат (klímat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Bengali: জলবায়ু (jolbaẏu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Breton: hin — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Bulgarian: кли́мат (klímat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Burmese: ရာသီဥတု (rasiu.tu.) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Catalan: clima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Chinese Cantonese: 氣候 /气候 (hei3 hau6) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Chinese: чиху (qihu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 氣候 /气候 (ké-hâiu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hakka Chinese: 氣候 /气候 (hi-heu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Chinese: 氣候 /气候 (zh-min-nan) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣候 /气候 (qìhòu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Wu Chinese: 氣候 /气候 (5chi-gheu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Cornish: hin — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Cornish: ayredh — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Crimean Tatar: iklim — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Czech: podnebí — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Czech: klima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Danish: klima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Dutch: klimaat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Esperanto: klimato — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Estonian: kliima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Faroese: veðurlag — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Finnish: ilmasto — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Finnish: ilmanala — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • French: climat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Galician: clima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Georgian: კლიმატი (ḳlimaṭi) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • German: Klima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Greek: κλίμα (klíma) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Gujarati: આબોહવા (ābohvā) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hebrew: אַקְלִים (aklím) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hindi: जलवायु (jalvāyu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hindi: आब-ओ-हवा (āb-o-havā) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hindi: हवापानी (havāpānī) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hindi: आबोहवा (ābohavā) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hungarian: éghajlat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Hungarian: klíma — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Icelandic: loftslag — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Ido: klimato — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Indonesian: iklim — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Ingrian: kliimatta — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Irish: aer — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Irish: aeráid — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Irish: clíoma — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Italian: clima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Japanese: 気候 (kikō) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Japanese: 風土 (fūdo) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Javanese: hawagedhé — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Kannada: ಹವಾಗುಣ (havāguṇa) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Kannada: ಹವಾಮಾನ (havāmāna) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Kazakh: климат (klimat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Khmer: ធាតុអាកាស (thiət ʼaakaah) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Khmer: អាកាសធាតុ (ʼaakaasaʼthiət) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Korean: 기후 (gihu) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Central Kurdish: ئابوھەوا (abuhewa) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Kyrgyz: климат (klimat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Lao: ພູມິອາກາດ (phū mi ʼā kāt) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Lao: ອາກາດ (ʼā kāt) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Latin: clima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Latvian: klimats — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Lithuanian: klimatas — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Macedonian: клима (klima) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Malay: iklim — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Mongolian: уур амьсгал (uur amʹsgal) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Norman: clyînmat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Occitan: clima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Pashto: اقليم (aqlím) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Pashto: آب وهوا (ābohawā) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Dari: اِقْلِیم (iqlīm) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Dari: آب و هَوَا (āb u hawā) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Iranian Persian: اِقْلیم (eġlim) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Iranian Persian: آب و هَوا (âb o havâ) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Plautdietsch: Witrunk — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Polish: klimat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Portuguese: clima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Romanian: climă — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Russian: кли́мат (klímat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Santali: ᱫᱟᱜ (dak’) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Scottish Gaelic: aimsir — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Serbo-Croatian: кли́ма — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Serbo-Croatian: по́дне̄бље — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Serbo-Croatian: klíma — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Serbo-Croatian: pódnēblje — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Sindhi: آب هوا (āb hvā) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Slovak: podnebie — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Slovak: klíma — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Slovene: podnebje — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Slovene: klima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Spanish: clima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Sundanese: ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪ (iklim) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Swahili: tabianchi — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Swedish: klimat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tagalog: klima — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tagalog: kapanhunan — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tajik: иқлим (iqlim) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tajik: обу ҳаво (obu havo) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tajik: климат (klimat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tamil: தட்பவெப்பம் (taṭpaveppam) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tamil: காலநிலை (kālanilai) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tatar: климат (klimat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Telugu: శీతోష్ణస్థితి (śītōṣṇasthiti) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Thai: ภูมิอากาศ (puu-mí-aa-gàat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Thai: อากาศ (aa-gàat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Tibetan: གནམ་གཤིས (gnam gshis) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Turkish: iklim — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Turkmen: klimat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Ukrainian: клі́мат (klímat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Ukrainian: підсо́ння (pidsónnja) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Urdu: آب و ہَوا (āb o havā) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Uyghur: ئىقلىم (iqlim) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Uzbek: klimat — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Vietnamese: khí hậu — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Welsh: hinsawdd — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Yiddish: קלימאַט (klimat) — long-term atmospheric conditions
  • Bulgarian: кли́мат (klímat) — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Catalan: clima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣候 /气候 (qìhòu) — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Czech: klima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Danish: klima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Finnish: ilmapiiri — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • French: climat — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Galician: clima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • German: Klima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Irish: atmaisféar — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Irish: timpeallacht — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Italian: clima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Portuguese: clima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Russian: кли́мат (klímat) — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: по́дне̄бље — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: pódnēblje — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Spanish: clima — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
  • Swedish: klimat — context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation
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