meteorology

Meaning

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

Synonyms

weather forecasting

atmospheric chemistry

biometeorology

climatology

meteorologist

observatory

aerology

climatography

agrometeorology

atmospheric physics

forest meteorology

weather forecast

Translations

météorologie

Meteorologie

meteorología

meteorologia

meteorologia

meteorologie

μετεωρολογία

meteorologia

weerkunde

Wetterkunde

meteoroloji

علم الطقس

météo

علم الأرصاد الجوية

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmiːtɪəˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

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.