meteorology

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmiti.əˈɹɑːlədʒi/

Etymology

From meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) +‎ -logy (“study of”), from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”).

Noun

meteorology (plural meteorologies)

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus: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

Related terms

meteor meteoric

meteorite meteoroid

meteoroidal meteoritic meteoritics

Translations

science

• Afrikaans: weerkunde
• Alemannic German: Wettrkunde
• Arabic: علم الطقس m (3ilm al-Taqs)
• Armenian: օդերեւութաբանություն (ōderewutʿabanutʿyun)
• Catalan: meteorologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  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
• Dutch: weerkunde (nl) f
• Esperanto: meteorologio, meteologio
• Estonian: ilmastikuteadus
• Finnish: meteorologia (fi), ilmatiede (fi), säätiede
• French: météorologie (fr) f
• Galician: meteoroloxía (gl) f
• German: Meteorologie (de) f, Wetterkunde f
• Greek: μετεωρολογία (el) f (meteorología)
• Gujarati: હવામાનશાસ્ત્ર (havāmānśāstra), વાયુશાસ્ત્ર (vāyuśāstra)
• Hindi: ऋतुविज्ञान (r̥tuvijñān)
• Hungarian: meteorológia (hu), légkörtan, légtüneménytan
• Icelandic: veðurfræði (is) f
• Japanese: 気象学 (きしょうがく, kishōgaku), 気象 (きしょう, kishō) (phenomenon)
• Khmer: នភាវិទ្យា (neaʔpʰie vityie), ឧតុវិទ្យា (uʔtoʔvityie)

• Korean: 기상학 (ko) (gisanghag) (氣象學 (ko))
• Limburgish: weerkunde
• Low German:

  German Low German: Wederkunn

• Malay: kaji cuaca, meteorologi
• Malayalam: അന്തരീക്ഷവിജ്ഞാനം (antarīkṣavijñānam)
• Maori: mātai huarere
• Marathi: हवामानशास्त्र (havāmānśāstra)
• Mongolian: цаг уурын судлал (tsag uuryn sudlal)
• North Frisian: wääderkunde
• Norwegian: meteorologi (no) m
• Polish: meteorologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: meteorologia (pt) f
• Quechua: mit'a yachay
• Russian: метеорология (ru) f (meteorólogija)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgoil-aimsir
• Serbo-Croatian: meteorologija f, vremenoslovlje
• Slovene: vremenoslóvje (sl)
• Spanish: meteorología (es) f
• Swedish: meteorologi (sv) c, väderlekslära
• Tajik: ҳавошиносӣ (havošinosī)
• Tamil: வானிலையியல் (vāṉilaiyiyal)
• Thai: อุตุนิยมวิทยา
• Vietnamese: khí tượng học (vi) (氣象學)
• West Frisian: waarkunde

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: meteorologija f
• German: Wettervorhersage (de) f

• Hungarian: időjóslás
• Swedish: meteorologi (sv) c

See also

• aerology
• aeronomy
• weather forecasting