noun · verb · 5 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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/ˈwɛ.ðə.ɹɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET:W EH1 DH ER0 IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of weather
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
From Middle English wederyng, equivalent to weather + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
ерозия
(erozija)
— breaking down of rocks
Chinese Mandarin:
風化 /风化
(fēnghuà)
— breaking down of rocks
Danish:
forvitring
— breaking down of rocks
Dutch:
verwering
— breaking down of rocks
Finnish:
rapautuminen
— breaking down of rocks
French:
météorisation
— breaking down of rocks
German:
Verwitterung
— breaking down of rocks
Hungarian:
mállás
— breaking down of rocks
Icelandic:
veðrun
— breaking down of rocks
Indonesian:
pelapukan
— breaking down of rocks
Italian:
erosione
— breaking down of rocks
Japanese:
風化
(fūka)
— breaking down of rocks
Māori:
ngawheretanga
— breaking down of rocks
Norwegian Bokmål:
forvitring
— breaking down of rocks
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forvitring
— breaking down of rocks
Polish:
wietrzenie
— breaking down of rocks
Portuguese:
intemperismo
— breaking down of rocks
Russian:
выве́тривание
(vyvétrivanije)
— breaking down of rocks