noun · 2 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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/klaɪməˈtɒlədʒɪst/
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒɪst
CMU ARPABET:K L IH2 M AH0 T AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:K L AY2 M AH0 T AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who studies, professes or practices climatology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
someone who is expert in climatology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expert
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English climatology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English climatologist From climatology + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
iqlimşünas
— scholar of climatology
Bulgarian:
климатолог
(klimatolog)
— scholar of climatology
Catalan:
climatòleg
— scholar of climatology
Catalan:
climatòloga
— scholar of climatology
Chinese Mandarin:
氣候學家 /气候学家
(qìhòuxuéjiā)
— scholar of climatology
Czech:
klimatolog
— scholar of climatology
Dutch:
klimatoloog
— scholar of climatology
Dutch:
klimatologe
— scholar of climatology
Finnish:
klimatologi
— scholar of climatology
French:
climatologue
— scholar of climatology
French:
climatologiste
— scholar of climatology
German:
Klimatologe
— scholar of climatology
German:
Klimatologin
— scholar of climatology
German:
Klimaforscher
— scholar of climatology
German:
Klimaforscherin
— scholar of climatology
Greek:
κλιματολόγος
(klimatológos)
— scholar of climatology
Hindi:
जलवायु विज्ञानी
(jalvāyu vijñānī)
— scholar of climatology
Hungarian:
éghajlatkutató
— scholar of climatology
Hungarian:
klímakutató
— scholar of climatology
Hungarian:
klimatológus
— scholar of climatology
Irish:
clíomeolaí
— scholar of climatology
Italian:
climatologa
— scholar of climatology
Italian:
climatologo
— scholar of climatology
Japanese:
気候学者
(kikōgakusha)
— scholar of climatology
Korean:
기후학자
(gihuhakja)
— scholar of climatology
Latin:
climatologista
— scholar of climatology
Latin:
climatologistus
— scholar of climatology
Norwegian Bokmål:
klimatolog
— scholar of climatology
Norwegian Nynorsk:
klimatolog
— scholar of climatology
Persian:
اقلیمشناس
(eqlim-šenâs)
— scholar of climatology
Persian:
آبوهواشناس
(âb-o-havâ-šenâs)
— scholar of climatology
Polish:
klimatolog
— scholar of climatology
Portuguese:
climatologista
— scholar of climatology
Portuguese:
climatólogo
— scholar of climatology
Romanian:
climatolog
— scholar of climatology
Romanian:
climatologă
— scholar of climatology
Russian:
климато́лог
(klimatólog)
— scholar of climatology