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climate

/kˈlaɪmət/KLIGH-muht
/kˈlaɪmət/KLIGH-muht

Meaninga slope, a zone

Common meaning: a region's usual weather

Journey through time

  1. Latinclimatemsource
  2. Old Frenchclimatsource
  3. Middle Englishclimatsource
  4. Englishclimate‘a region's usual weather’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin climatem ‘a slope, a zone’.

Roots

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