Meanings
plural meteorologies
- uncountableusuallyThe science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
study of meteorology
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department of meteorology
She’s studying meteorology at university.
Meteorology helps us understand weather patterns and climate change.
- uncountableusuallyThe atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.
meteorology report
Synonyms & antonyms
nounpredicting what the weather will be
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμετεωρολογία
- Englishmeteorology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία (meteōrología), from μετέωρα (metéōra, “celestial phenomena”), nominalized from the neuter plural of μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”), + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) + -ology (“study of”). First attested in 1563.
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Afrikaans weerkunde
- weerkundescience
Arabic عِلْم اَلطَّقْس, عِلْم الَأَرْصَاد الْجَوِّيَّة
- عِلْم اَلطَّقْس (ʕilm aṭ-ṭaqs)science
- عِلْم الَأَرْصَاد الْجَوِّيَّة (ʕilm al-aʔarṣād al-jawwiyya)science
Basque meteorologia
- meteorologiascience
Bengali আবহাওয়াবিদ্যা
- আবহাওয়াবিদ্যা (abohaōẇabidda)science
Bulgarian метеорология
- метеорология (meteorologija)science
Catalan meteorologia
- meteorologiascience
Chinese Cantonese 氣象學 /气象学
- 氣象學 /气象学 (hei³ zoeng⁶ hok⁶)science
Chinese Mandarin 氣象學 /气象学, 氣象 /气象
- 氣象學 /气象学 (qìxiàngxué)science
- 氣象 /气象 (qìxiàng)science
Czech meteorologie
- meteorologiescience
Danish meteorologi
- meteorologiscience
Dutch weerkunde, meteorologie
- weerkundescience
- meteorologiescience
Esperanto meteorologio, meteologio
- meteorologioscience
- meteologioscience
Estonian ilmastikuteadus, meteoroloogia
- ilmastikuteadusscience
- meteoroloogiascience
Finnish meteorologia, ilmatiede
- meteorologiascience
- ilmatiedescience
- säätiedescience
French météorologie
- météorologiescience
German Meteorologie, Wetterkunde
- Meteorologiescience
- Wetterkundescience
- Witterungslehrescience
Greek μετεωρολογία
- μετεωρολογία (meteorología)science
Hebrew מטאורולוגיה
- מטאורולוגיה (meteorológya)science
Hindi ऋतुविज्ञान, मौसम विज्ञान
- ऋतुविज्ञान (ŕtuvijñān)science
- मौसम विज्ञान (mausam vijñān)science
Hungarian meteorológia, légkörtan
- meteorológiascience
- légkörtanscience
- légtüneménytanscience
Icelandic veðurfræði
- veðurfræðiscience
Indonesian meteorologi
- meteorologiscience
Irish meitéareolaíocht
- meitéareolaíochtscience
Italian meteorologia
- meteorologiascience
Japanese 気象学, 気象
- 気象学 (kishōgaku)science
- 気象 (kishō)science
Korean 기상학
- 기상학 (gisanghak)science
Latvian meteoroloģija
- meteoroloģijascience
Lithuanian meteorologija
- meteorologijascience
Malay kaji cuaca, meteorologi
- kaji cuacascience
- meteorologiscience
Māori tirorangi, mātai tirorangi
- tirorangiscience
- mātai tirorangiscience
- mātai āhuarangiscience
- mātai huarerescience
Norwegian Bokmål meteorologi
- meteorologiscience
Persian هواشناسی
- هواشناسی (havâšenâsi)science
Polish meteorologia
- meteorologiascience
Portuguese meteorologia
- meteorologiascience
Romanian meteorologie
- meteorologiescience
Russian метеороло́гия
- метеороло́гия (meteorológija)science
Scottish Gaelic sgoil-aimsir
- sgoil-aimsirscience
Slovak meteorológia
- meteorológiascience
Spanish meteorología
- meteorologíascience
Swahili metorolojia
- metorolojiascience
Swedish meteorologi, väderlekslära
- meteorologiscience
- väderlekslärascience
Tagalog meteorolohiya
- meteorolohiyascience
Tamil வானிலையியல்
- வானிலையியல் (vāṉilaiyiyal)science
Thai อุตุนิยมวิทยา
- อุตุนิยมวิทยาscience
Turkish meteoroloji
- meteorolojiscience
Ukrainian метеорологія
- метеорологія (meteorolohija)science
Vietnamese khí tượng học
- khí tượng họcscience
Welsh meteoroleg
- meteorolegscience
Yiddish מעטעאָראָלאָגיע
- מעטעאָראָלאָגיע (meteorologye)science
Cite this entry
meteorology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorology
“meteorology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meteorology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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