clima

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkli.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkli.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima

Noun

clima m (plural climes)

1. climate

Derived terms

• paleoclima

Related terms

• climàtic
• climatologia

Further reading

• “clima” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “clima” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “clima”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “clima” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

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

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

1. climate

Italian

Alternative forms

• climate, climato (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/

• Audio::

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• 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

• acclimatare

Related terms

• climatico
• climatizzare
• climatologia
• climatoterapia

 

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

Anagrams

• Milca, calmi, clami

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/, [ˈklʲɪmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/, [ˈkliːmä]

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clima	climata
Genitive	climatis	climatum
Dative	climatī	climatibus
Accusative	clima	climata
Ablative	climate	climatibus
Vocative	clima	climata

Meronyms

• decempeda (¹⁄₃₆ clima); actus (4 climata); iugera (8 climata); heredium (16 climata); centuria (1600 climata); saltus (6400 climata)

Related terms

• climacis

References

• “clima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈklima/

Noun

clima m

1. climate

Further reading

• clima on the Lombard Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^lmo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin clīma, from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klíma, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klínō, “to slope, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklĩ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklĩ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: cli‧ma

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

1. climate (long-term manifestations of weather)
2. (informal) mood; atmosphere (as in the situation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:clima.

Derived terms

• microclima m

Further reading

• “clima”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “clima”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “clima” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “clima”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “clima”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clīma (“climate”), from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klíma, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klínō, “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

• aclimatar
• clima artificial
• microclima

 

Related terms

• climático
• climatizar (verb)

 

Further reading

• “clima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16