clima
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin clīma, from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klíma, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klínō, “I slope, incline”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈkli.mə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
- Rhymes: -ima
Noun
clima m (plural climes)
- climate
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, 2023
- “clima” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Noun
clima m (plural climas)
- 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/
- Rhymes: -ima
- Hyphenation: clì‧ma
Noun
clima m (plural climi)
- climate
- Synonym: tempo
- (informal) air conditioner
- Synonyms: condizionatore, aria condizionata
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) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/, [ˈklʲɪmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/, [ˈkliːmä]
Noun
clima n (genitive climatis); third declension
- (mathematics) slope, inclination
- Synonym: inclinatio
- (historical units of measure) A Roman unit of area equivalent to a square with sides of 60 Roman feet.
- (Late Latin) climate, clime
- (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
- climate
Further reading
- https://lmo.wiktionary.org/wiki/clima
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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkli.mɐ/
- Hyphenation: cli‧ma
Noun
clima m (plural climas)
- climate (long-term manifestations of weather)
- (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.
- “clima” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “clima” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “clima” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “clima” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin clīma (“climate”), from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klíma, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klínō, “I slope, I incline”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklima/ [ˈkli.ma]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ima
- Syllabification: cli‧ma
Noun
clima m (plural climas)
- (weather) climate, weather
Derived terms
- aclimatar
- clima artificial
- microclima
Related terms
- climático
- climatizar (verb)
Further reading
- “clima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014