clima

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

clima m (plural climes)

  1. climate

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklima/
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Hyphenation: cli‧ma

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

  1. climate

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
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  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Hyphenation: clì‧ma

Noun

clima m (plural climi)

  1. climate
    Synonym: tempo
  2. (informal) air conditioner
    Synonyms: condizionatore, aria condizionata

Derived terms

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

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

clima m

  1. climate

Further reading

Portuguese

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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

 

  • 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

Further reading

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

  1. (weather) climate, weather

Derived terms

Further reading