meteorological

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US/ˌmitiəɹəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/UK/ˌmiːtɪəɹəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/

adjective

Of or pertaining to meteorology.

“The trip was postponed because the meteorological conditions were so bad.”

Similar
meteorologicmeteoric
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English meteorology →
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Meanings

adjectivemeteorological (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to meteorology.

    The trip was postponed because the meteorological conditions were so bad.

    1 more example

    But from time to time, June throws up a curveball, in the shape of unusual and hard to predict meteorological events.

    2017 June 13, Stephen Moss, “June likes to throw a curveball now and again”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2018

    Synonyms: meteorologic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to meteorology.

Similar
meteorologic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions

Similar
meteorologicmeteoric
Also see
meteoricmeteorologic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishmeteorology
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishmeteorological

From meteorology + -ical.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan meteorològic
  • meteorològicrelating to meteorology
Chinese Mandarin 氣象學的 /气象学的
  • 氣象學的 /气象学的 (qìxiàngxuéde)relating to meteorology
Czech meteorologický
  • meteorologickýrelating to meteorology
Dutch meteorologisch, weerkundig
  • meteorologischrelating to meteorology
  • weerkundigrelating to meteorology
Finnish meteorologinen
  • meteorologinenrelating to meteorology
French météorologique
  • météorologiquerelating to meteorology
German Wetter-, meteorologisch
  • Wetter-relating to meteorology
  • meteorologischrelating to meteorology
Greek μετεωρολογικός
  • μετεωρολογικός (meteorologikós)relating to meteorology
Hebrew מטאורולוגי
  • מטאורולוגי (mete'orológi)relating to meteorology
Irish meitéareolaíoch
  • meitéareolaíochrelating to meteorology
Italian meteorologico
  • meteorologicorelating to meteorology
Norwegian Bokmål meteorologisk
  • meteorologiskrelating to meteorology
Polish meteorologiczny
  • meteorologicznyrelating to meteorology
Portuguese meteorológico
  • meteorológicorelating to meteorology
Romanian meteorologic
  • meteorologicrelating to meteorology
Russian метеорологи́ческий
  • метеорологи́ческий (meteorologíčeskij)relating to meteorology
Spanish meteorológico
  • meteorológicorelating to meteorology
Swedish meteorologisk
  • meteorologiskrelating to meteorology
Turkish meteorolojik
  • meteorolojikrelating to meteorology
Welsh meteorolegol
  • meteorolegolrelating to meteorology

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with meteorological

biologicallogicalpsychologicaltechnologicalgeologicaltheologicalarchaeologicalphysiologicalchronologicalneurologicalsociologicaltopologicalpedagogicalastrologicalanthropologicalpharmacologicalillogicalhydrologicalimmunologicalmythologicalphonologicalhistologicalepistemologicalgynecological
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Cite this entry
APA

meteorological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorological

MLA

“meteorological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorological. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meteorological,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorological.

Source: meteorological on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.