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clima

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clīma, from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klĭ́nō, “to slope, incline”).

Pronunciation

Noun

clima m (plural climes)

  1. climate

Derived terms

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Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklima/ [ˈkli.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Hyphenation: cli‧ma

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

  1. climate

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clīma, from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klĭ́nō, “I slope, incline”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
  • Audio::(file)
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Hyphenation: clì‧ma

Noun

clima m (plural climi)

  1. climate
    Synonym: tempo — proscribed
  2. (informal) air conditioner
    Synonyms: condizionatore, aria condizionata
  3. (informal) mood

Derived terms

Further reading

  • clima in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • clima in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • clima in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • clìma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • clima in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • clima in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “region, zone of latitude”, originally “slope”), from κλῐ́νω (klĭ́nō, “I slope, incline”).

Pronunciation

Noun

clima n (genitive climatis); third declension

  1. (mathematics) slope, inclination
    Synonym: inclinatio
  2. (historical units of measure) A Roman unit of area equivalent to a square with sides of 60 Roman feet.
  3. (Late Latin) climate, clime
  4. (Late Latin, figuratively) region

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

More information singular, plural ...

Meronyms

  • climacis

Descendants

  • → Catalan: clima
  • → English: clime
  • → French: climat (see there for further descendants)
  • → Galician: clima
  • → German: Klima
  • → Italian: clima
  • → Lombard: clima
  • → Portuguese: clima
  • → Romanian: climă
  • → Spanish: clima

References

  • “clima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "clima", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “clima”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “clima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “clima”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lombard

Pronunciation

Noun

clima m

  1. climate

Further reading

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin clīma, from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klĭ́nō, “to slope, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

  1. climate (long-term manifestations of weather)
  2. (informal) mood; atmosphere (as in the situation)
  3. (informal, proscribed) weather (short term state of the atmosphere)
    Synonym: tempo

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Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clīma (“climate”), from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klĭ́nō, “to slope, to incline”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklima/ [ˈkli.ma]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: cli‧ma

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

  1. (weather) climate, weather

Derived terms

Further reading

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