Meanings
plural climatologists
- A person who studies, professes or practices climatology.
“The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating,” said Prof Michael Mann, a climatologist and geophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania in the US.
2023 December 14, Damian Carrington, quoting Michael E. Mann, “Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.
1988 April 14, Richard Fifield, “Frozen assets of the ice cores”, in New Scientist, number 1608, page 28
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian климатолог
- климатолог (klimatolog)scholar of climatology
Catalan climatòleg, climatòloga
- climatòlegscholar of climatology
- climatòlogascholar of climatology
Chinese Mandarin 氣候學家 /气候学家
- 氣候學家 /气候学家 (qìhòuxuéjiā)scholar of climatology
Czech klimatolog
- klimatologscholar of climatology
Dutch klimatoloog, klimatologe
- klimatoloogscholar of climatology
- klimatologescholar of climatology
Finnish klimatologi
- klimatologischolar of climatology
French climatologue, climatologiste
- climatologuescholar of climatology
- climatologistescholar of climatology
German Klimatologe, Klimatologin
- Klimatologescholar of climatology
- Klimatologinscholar of climatology
- Klimaforscherscholar of climatology
- Klimaforscherinscholar of climatology
Greek κλιματολόγος
- κλιματολόγος (klimatológos)scholar of climatology
Hindi जलवायु विज्ञानी
- जलवायु विज्ञानी (jalvāyu vijñānī)scholar of climatology
Hungarian éghajlatkutató, klímakutató
- éghajlatkutatóscholar of climatology
- klímakutatóscholar of climatology
- klimatológusscholar of climatology
Irish clíomeolaí
- clíomeolaíscholar of climatology
Italian climatologa, climatologo
- climatologascholar of climatology
- climatologoscholar of climatology
Japanese 気候学者
- 気候学者 (kikōgakusha)scholar of climatology
Korean 기후학자
- 기후학자 (gihuhakja)scholar of climatology
Latin climatologista, climatologistus
- climatologistascholar of climatology
- climatologistusscholar of climatology
Norwegian Bokmål klimatolog
- klimatologscholar of climatology
Persian اقلیمشناس, آبوهواشناس
- اقلیمشناس (eqlim-šenâs)scholar of climatology
- آبوهواشناس (âb-o-havâ-šenâs)scholar of climatology
Polish klimatolog
- klimatologscholar of climatology
Portuguese climatologista, climatólogo
- climatologistascholar of climatology
- climatólogoscholar of climatology
Romanian climatolog, climatologă
- climatologscholar of climatology
- climatologăscholar of climatology
Russian климато́лог
- климато́лог (klimatólog)scholar of climatology
Spanish climatólogo
- climatólogoscholar of climatology
Swedish klimatolog
- klimatologscholar of climatology
Turkish klimatolog
- klimatologscholar of climatology
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with climatologist
Cite this entry
climatologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climatologist
“climatologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climatologist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “climatologist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climatologist.
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