weather

Betekenis

Noun

1. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
3. The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
4. A situation.
5. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
6. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.

Adj

Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Verb

1. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
2. To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
3. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
4. To cause (rocks) to break down by crushing, grinding, and/or dissolving with acids.
5. To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
6. To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
7. To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

Koppelteken as

wea‧ther

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwɛð.ə/

Etimologie

From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Weeder, West Frisian waar, Dutch weer, Low German Weder, German Wetter, Danish vejr, Swedish väder, Norwegian Bokmål vær, Norwegian Nynorsk vêr, Icelandic veður; also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”).