Standard Lemma guide

climatologist

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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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
  • Spanish: climatólogo — scholar of climatology
  • Swedish: klimatolog — scholar of climatology
  • Turkish: klimatolog — scholar of climatology