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climatology

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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  • UK: /klaɪ.mɪˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • US: /klaɪ.mɪˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

1

noun

Meaning 1

The science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.

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

meteorology of climates and their phenomena

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meteorology

Narrower terms: bioclimatology

History

Etymology

From climate + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِلْم اَلْمُنَاخ (ʕilm al-munāḵ) — science
  • Armenian: կլիմայագիտություն (klimayagitutʻyun) — science
  • Azerbaijani: iqlimşunaslıq — science
  • Bashkir: климатология (klimatologiya) — science
  • Belarusian: кліматало́гія (klimatalóhija) — science
  • Bengali: জলবায়ুবিদ্যা (jolbaẏubidda) — science
  • Bulgarian: климатоло́гия (klimatológija) — science
  • Catalan: climatologia — science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣候學 /气候学 (qìhòuxué) — science
  • Czech: klimatologie — science
  • Danish: klimatologi — science
  • Dutch: klimatologie — science
  • Esperanto: klimatscienco — science
  • Estonian: klimatoloogia — science
  • Faroese: veðurlagsfrøði — science
  • Finnish: klimatologia — science
  • Finnish: ilmastotiede — science
  • French: climatologie — science
  • Galician: climatoloxía — science
  • Georgian: კლიმატოლოგია (ḳlimaṭologia) — science
  • German: Klimatologie — science
  • Gujarati: જલવાયુશાસ્ત્ર (jalvāyuśāstra) — science
  • Hawaiian: kālaianiau — science
  • Hebrew: קלימטולוגיה — science
  • Hindi: जलवायुविज्ञान (jalvāyuvijñān) — science
  • Hungarian: klimatológia — science
  • Hungarian: éghajlattan — science
  • Icelandic: veðurfarsfræði — science
  • Indonesian: klimatologi — science
  • Inuktitut: ᓯᓚᓕᕆᓂᖅ (silaliriniq) — science
  • Irish: clíomeolaíocht — science
  • Italian: climatologia — science
  • Japanese: 気候学 (kikōgaku) — science
  • Kazakh: климатология (klimatologiä) — science
  • Khmer: អាកាសធាតុវិទ្យា (aakaah thiet vityie) — science
  • Korean: 기후학 (gihuhak) — science
  • Kyrgyz: климатология (klimatologiya) — science
  • Latin: climatologia — science
  • Latvian: klimatoloģija — science
  • Lithuanian: klimatologija — science
  • Macedonian: климатологија (klimatologija) — science
  • Malay: klimatologi — science
  • Malay: kaji iklim — science
  • Māori: mātai huarere — science
  • Marathi: वातावरणशास्त्र (vātāvraṇśāstra) — science
  • Mongolian: уур амьсгал судлал (uur amʹsgal sudlal) — science
  • Norman: clyînmatologie — science
  • Norwegian: klimatologi — science
  • Persian: اقلیمشناسی (eqlim-šenâsi) — science
  • Persian: کلیماتولوژی (kelimâtoloži) — science
  • Polish: klimatologia — science
  • Portuguese: climatologia — science
  • Romanian: climatologie — science
  • Russian: климатоло́гия (klimatológija) — science
  • Serbo-Croatian: klimatologija — science
  • Serbo-Croatian: климатологија — science
  • Sinhalese: දේශගුණ විද්යාව (dēśaguṇa widyāwa) — science
  • Slovak: klimatológia — science
  • Slovene: klimatologija — science
  • Spanish: climatología — science
  • Swedish: klimatologi — science
  • Tagalog: palakapanhunanan — science
  • Thai: ภูมิอากาศวิทยา — science
  • Turkish: iklim bilimi — science
  • Turkish: klimatoloji — science
  • Ukrainian: кліматоло́гія (klimatolóhija) — science
  • Vietnamese: khí hậu học — science
  • Volapük: klimatav — science
  • Welsh: hinsoddeg — science