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palaeoclimatology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the study of the climate of past ages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paleoclimatology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: archeology, archaeology

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English climatology English palaeoclimatology From palaeo- + climatology.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: paleoclimatologia — science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古氣候學 /古气候学 (gǔqìhòuxué) — science
  • Dutch: paleoklimatologie — science
  • Finnish: paleoklimatologia — science
  • French: paléoclimatologie — science
  • Galician: paleoclimatoloxía — science
  • German: Paläoklimatologie — science
  • Italian: paleoclimatologia — science
  • Japanese: 古気候学 (kokikōgaku) — science
  • Kazakh: палеоклиматология (paleoklimatologiä) — science
  • Korean: 고기후학 (gogihuhak) — science
  • Lombard: paleuclimatulugía — science
  • Norwegian: paleoklimatologi — science
  • Polish: paleoklimatologia — science
  • Portuguese: paleoclimatologia — science
  • Russian: палеоклиматология (paleoklimatologija) — science
  • Serbo-Croatian: paleoklimatologija — science
  • Spanish: paleoclimatología — science
  • Swedish: paleoklimatologi — science
  • Thai: ภูมิอากาศบรรพกาลวิทยา — science
  • Ukrainian: палеокліматологія (paleoklimatolohija) — science
  • Vietnamese: cổ khí hậu học — science
  • Volapük: vönaklimatav — science