meteorology

English

Etymology

From French météorologie, from Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”) + -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) +‎ -ology (“study of”) First attested in 1610.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmiːtɪ.əˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmiːti.əˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/

Noun

meteorology (countable and uncountable, plural meteorologies)

The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:meteorology

Derived terms

aeronautical meteorology
agricultural meteorology
agrometeorology
applied meteorology
astrometeorology
biometeorology
dynamic meteorology
hydrometeorology
macrometeorology
mesometeorology
meteorological
micrometeorology
physical meteorology
radarmeteorology
radar meteorology
radio meteorology
synoptic meteorology

Related terms

meteor
meteoric
meteorite
meteoroid
meteoroidal
meteoritic
meteoritics

Translations

science

Afrikaans: weerkunde
Albanian: meteorologjia
Alemannic German: Wettrkunde
Arabic: عِلْم اَلطَّقْس‎ m (ʿilm aṭ-ṭaqs)
Armenian: օդերեւութաբանություն (hy) (ōderewutʿabanutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: meteorologiya
Basque: meteorologia (eu)
Belarusian: метэаралогія f (mjetearalóhija)
Bengali: আবহাওয়াবিদ্যা (abôhaoyabidẏa)
Breton: meteorologiezh
Bulgarian: метеорология f (meteorologija)
Burmese: မိုးလေဝသပညာ (my) (mui:lewa.sa.pa.nya)
Catalan: meteorologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 氣象學, 气象学 (hei³ zoeng⁶ hok⁶)
Mandarin: 氣象學／气象学 (zh) (qìxiàngxué); 氣象／气象 (zh) (qìxiàng) (phenomenon)
Min Nan: 氣象學 (khì-siōng-ha̍k)
Czech: meteorologie (cs) f
Danish: meteorologi (da) c
Dutch: weerkunde (nl) f, meteorologie (nl) f
Esperanto: meteorologio, meteologio
Estonian: ilmastikuteadus, meteoroloogia
Faroese: veðurfrøði f
Finnish: meteorologia (fi), ilmatiede (fi), säätiede
French: météorologie (fr) f
Galician: meteoroloxía (gl) f
Georgian: მეტეოროლოგია (meṭeorologia)
German: Meteorologie (de) f, Wetterkunde f, Witterungslehre f
Greek: μετεωρολογία (el) f (meteorología)
Gujarati: હવામાનશાસ્ત્ર (havāmānśāstra), વાયુશાસ્ત્ર (vāyuśāstra)
Hebrew: מטאורולוגיה‎ (he) f (meteorológya)
Hindi: ऋतुविज्ञान (hi) (ŕtuvigyān)
Hungarian: meteorológia (hu), légkörtan, légtüneménytan
Icelandic: veðurfræði (is) f
Ido: meteorologio (io)
Indonesian: meteorologi (id)
Irish: meitéareolaíocht f
Italian: meteorologia (it) f
Japanese: 気象学 (ja) (きしょうがく, kishōgaku), 気象 (ja) (きしょう, kishō) (phenomenon)
Kazakh: метеорология (meteorologiä)
Khmer: នភាវិទ្យា (neaʔpʰie vityie), ឧតុវិទ្យា (uʔtoʔvityie)
Korean: 기상학(氣象學) (ko) (gisanghak)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: meteorolojî (ku)
Kyrgyz: метеорология (meteorologiya)
Latvian: meteoroloģija f
Limburgish: weerkunde
Lithuanian: meteorologija f
Low German:
German Low German: Wederkunn
Macedonian: метеорологија f (meteorologija)
Malay: kaji cuaca (ms), meteorologi (ms)
Malayalam: അന്തരീക്ഷവിജ്ഞാനം (antarīkṣavijñānaṃ)
Maori: mātai huarere, mātai āhuarangi, mātai tirorangi
Marathi: हवामानशास्त्र (havāmānśāstra)
Mon: ကွက်မလ္ၚတ်ဗြဲကျာ
Mongolian: цаг уурын судлал (cag uuryn sudlal)
North Frisian: wääderkunde
Norwegian:
Bokmål: meteorologi (no) m
Nynorsk: meteorologi m
Persian: هواشناسی‎ (fa) (havâšenâsi)
Polish: meteorologia (pl) f
Portuguese: meteorologia (pt) f
Quechua: mit'a yachay
Romanian: meteorologie (ro) f
Russian: метеороло́гия (ru) f (meteorológija)
Scottish Gaelic: sgoil-aimsir
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: метеорологија f, временословље n
Roman: meteorologija (sh) f, vremenoslovlje (sh) n
Slovak: meteorológia (sk) f
Slovene: vremenoslóvje (sl), meteorologija (sl) f
Spanish: meteorología (es) f
Swahili: meteorolojia
Swedish: meteorologi (sv) c, väderlekslära
Tagalog: meteorolohiya
Tajik: ҳавошиносӣ (havošinosī)
Tamil: வானிலையியல் (ta) (vāṉilaiyiyal)
Thai: อุตุนิยมวิทยา
Turkish: meteoroloji (tr)
Turkmen: meteorologiýa
Ukrainian: метеорологія f (meteorolohija)
Uzbek: meteorologiya (uz)
Vietnamese: khí tượng học (vi) (氣象學)
Walloon: meteorolodjeye
Welsh: meteoroleg
West Frisian: waarkunde
Yiddish: מעטעאָראָלאָגיע‎ f (meteorologye)
Zazaki: meteoroloci f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

German: Wettervorhersage (de) f
Hungarian: időjóslás