Climate in Different Languages
Discover 'Climate' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Climate
Afrikaans klimaat | ||
Albanian klima | ||
Amharic የአየር ንብረት | ||
Arabic مناخ | ||
Armenian կլիմա | ||
Assamese জলবায়ু | ||
Aymara pacha | ||
Azerbaijani iqlim | ||
Bambara wagati | ||
Basque eguraldi | ||
Belarusian клімат | ||
Bengali জলবায়ু | ||
Bhojpuri आबोहवा | ||
Bosnian klima | ||
Bulgarian климат | ||
Catalan clima | ||
Cebuano klima | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 气候 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 氣候 | ||
Corsican clima | ||
Croatian klima | ||
Czech klima | ||
Danish klima | ||
Dhivehi މޫސުން | ||
Dogri मौसम | ||
Dutch klimaat | ||
English climate | ||
Esperanto klimaton | ||
Estonian kliima | ||
Ewe na | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) klima | ||
Finnish ilmasto | ||
French climat | ||
Frisian klimaat | ||
Galician clima | ||
Georgian კლიმატი | ||
German klima | ||
Greek κλίμα | ||
Guarani arareko | ||
Gujarati વાતાવરણ | ||
Haitian Creole klima | ||
Hausa yanayi | ||
Hawaiian aniau | ||
Hebrew אַקלִים | ||
Hindi जलवायु | ||
Hmong huab cua | ||
Hungarian éghajlat | ||
Icelandic veðurfar | ||
Igbo ihu igwe | ||
Ilocano klima | ||
Indonesian iklim | ||
Irish aeráid | ||
Italian clima | ||
Japanese 気候 | ||
Javanese iklim | ||
Kannada ಹವಾಮಾನ | ||
Kazakh климат | ||
Khmer អាកាសធាតុ | ||
Kinyarwanda ikirere | ||
Konkani हवामान | ||
Korean 기후 | ||
Krio wɛda | ||
Kurdish bagûrdan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئاوهەوا | ||
Kyrgyz климат | ||
Lao ສະພາບອາກາດ | ||
Latin caeli | ||
Latvian klimats | ||
Lingala climat | ||
Lithuanian klimatas | ||
Luganda embeera y'obudde | ||
Luxembourgish klima | ||
Macedonian клима | ||
Maithili जलवायु | ||
Malagasy toetr'andro | ||
Malay iklim | ||
Malayalam കാലാവസ്ഥ | ||
Maltese klima | ||
Maori āhuarangi | ||
Marathi हवामान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯏꯪꯑꯁꯥ | ||
Mizo sik leh sa | ||
Mongolian уур амьсгал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရာသီဥတု | ||
Nepali मौसम | ||
Norwegian klima | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nyengo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜଳବାୟୁ | ||
Oromo haala qilleensaa | ||
Pashto هوا | ||
Persian اقلیم | ||
Polish klimat | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) clima | ||
Punjabi ਮੌਸਮ | ||
Quechua clima | ||
Romanian climat | ||
Russian климат | ||
Samoan tau | ||
Sanskrit वायुमंडल | ||
Scots Gaelic gnàth-shìde | ||
Sepedi klaemete | ||
Serbian клима | ||
Sesotho tlelaemete | ||
Shona mamiriro ekunze | ||
Sindhi آبهوا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දේශගුණය | ||
Slovak podnebie | ||
Slovenian podnebje | ||
Somali cimilada | ||
Spanish clima | ||
Sundanese iklim | ||
Swahili hali ya hewa | ||
Swedish klimat | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) klima | ||
Tajik иқлим | ||
Tamil காலநிலை | ||
Tatar климат | ||
Telugu వాతావరణం | ||
Thai สภาพภูมิอากาศ | ||
Tigrinya climate | ||
Tsonga maxelo | ||
Turkish iklim | ||
Turkmen howa | ||
Twi (Akan) berɛ tenten mu wien bɔberɛ | ||
Ukrainian клімат | ||
Urdu آب و ہوا | ||
Uyghur كېلىمات | ||
Uzbek iqlim | ||
Vietnamese khí hậu | ||
Welsh hinsawdd | ||
Xhosa imozulu | ||
Yiddish קלימאט | ||
Yoruba afefe | ||
Zulu isimo sezulu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans "klimaat" can refer to climate, or to a specific region where someone originates from |
| Albanian | Klima also signifies time and season in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "የአየር ንብረት" can also refer to the qualities of a place, such as its beauty or attractiveness. |
| Arabic | The word "مناخ" is also used to refer to the prevailing social or political conditions of a place or time. |
| Armenian | In Greek, the root "klim" means both "slope" and "inclination". |
| Azerbaijani | In Arabic, the root of the word “iqlim” means “division” or “portion”. Historically, the term was used to describe different climate zones with distinct temperatures and humidity levels. |
| Basque | Eguraldi in Basque is a compound word meaning "the nature of the air" or "the temperament of the air". |
| Belarusian | The word "клімат" is derived from the Greek word "klima", meaning "slope" or "inclination." |
| Bengali | The word "জলবায়ু" (climate) in Bengali originates from Sanskrit, where it originally meant "the state of the weather," or "the condition of the atmosphere and water." |
| Bosnian | "Klima" can also mean "room" or "atmosphere" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "климат" can also refer to a person's temperament or disposition. |
| Catalan | Catalan "clima" derives from Ancient Greek, meaning both "inclination, slope" and "climate." |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "klima" can also refer to a room or dwelling, and its root is the Spanish word "clima" which means "climate". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the word "气候" also refers to "temperament"} |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In ancient Chinese, “氣候” originally had the meaning of “air” or “the state of the sky,” and it was not until the modern era that it took on the more specific meaning of “climate,” under the influence of Western languages. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "clima" can also mean "zone" or "region". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "klima" originally meant "weather" or "temperature" and only later gained its modern meaning of "climate". |
| Czech | The word “klima” comes from the Greek word “klima” meaning slope or incline, and was originally used to describe the angle of the sun's rays at a particular location. |
| Danish | In Danish, "klima" also translates to "quiet", "calm", "serenity", and "peace". |
| Dutch | "Klimaat" in Dutch can also mean "environment" or "atmosphere". |
| Esperanto | The word 'klimaton' is derived from the Ancient Greek word 'klima', meaning 'inclination'. |
| Estonian | "Kliima" in Estonian also means "opinion" (from Middle Low German "klima" (literally, "inclination" or "direction")). |
| Finnish | "Ilmasto" is derived from the Old Finnish word "ilma" ('air'), referring to climatic phenomena in the atmosphere. |
| French | The French word "climat" comes from the Greek word "klima," which means slope or inclination and was used to describe the variation in sunlight based on latitude. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "klimaat" can also refer to a "climate or mood" as an extension of its primary meaning. |
| Galician | In Galician, "clima" also refers to the slope or inclination of a surface. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word 'კლიმატი' originated from the Greek word 'κλίμα,' meaning 'slope of the Earth' and later 'zone'. |
| German | In German, "Klima" not only refers to climate but also to atmosphere, mood, or environment. |
| Greek | In Ancient Greek, 'κλίμα' also referred to a geographic zone between parallels, a concept borrowed by the Arabs and then the Latins. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "વાતાવરણ" can also refer to the atmosphere, environment, or conditions |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, 'klima' derives from 'climat' (climate) in French, and can also refer to 'time' or 'weather'. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "yanayi" is possibly derived from the Arabic word "jāwiyyah" (جوّية), meaning "atmosphere" or "weather conditions". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'aniau' also refers to a type of native fern. |
| Hebrew | The word "אַקלִים" ("climate") is also used in Hebrew to describe zones of vegetation or types of crops, reflecting the ancient Greek meaning "inclination of the sun." |
| Hindi | "जलवायु" also refers to the grace, charm, and allure of a person or performance. |
| Hmong | The term "huab cua" in Hmong can also refer to the weather conditions or seasons of the year. |
| Hungarian | The word "éghajlat" derives from the phrase "ég és hajlat," which means "sky and slope," referring to the influence of celestial bodies and topography on the climate. |
| Icelandic | "Veðurfar" in Icelandic literally translates to "weather behavior". |
| Igbo | "Ihu igwe" originates from the Igbo expression "ihu uha na igu egwu," meaning "the face of a snake and the tail of a lizard," referring to the unpredictable nature of the weather. |
| Indonesian | "Iklim" in the context of Indonesian traditional architecture refers to the specific arrangement of rooms within a dwelling. |
| Irish | The Irish word "aeráid" is a cognate of the Latin word "aer", meaning "air", and also shares its root with the Greek word "aēr", meaning "mist" or "fog". |
| Italian | In astronomy, "klima" refers to a zone parallel to the equator and is derived from the Greek word for slope or inclination. |
| Japanese | 気候 is a compound of two Chinese characters, 気 (air, atmosphere) and候 (season, weather). |
| Javanese | "Iklim" can also refer to a "forecast" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಹವಾಮಾನ" can also refer to the weather conditions of a place or a season. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word |
| Khmer | The word "អាកាសធាតុ" in Khmer is derived from Sanskrit and has the alternate meaning of "element" |
| Korean | The Korean word “기후” can also refer to “weather”. |
| Kurdish | The term "bagûrdan" in Kurdish likely derives from the Persian word "bahar" or "bag"," which both mean "spring". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "климат" may also refer to the weather or general atmospheric conditions of a place. |
| Latin | In Late Latin, caeli came to refer to both 'heaven' and 'temperature' |
| Latvian | "Klimats" in Latvian is cognate with "climate" in English and comes from Greek "klima" meaning 'slope' or 'inclination', and originally referred to the angle of the sun's rays at a given latitude. |
| Lithuanian | The word "klimatas" derives from the Greek word "klima", meaning "slope" or "inclination", and refers to the varying degrees of solar radiation received at different latitudes. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Klima" means both "climate" and a space enclosed by a building, such as a room. |
| Macedonian | The word "клима" also translates to "slope" in English, referring to a slanted portion of a surface of an object |
| Malagasy | The word "toetr'andro", meaning "climate", can also refer to the season or period of time during which an event takes place. |
| Malay | The Malaysian word for climate "iklim" derives from the Greek for "slope": "klima" |
| Malayalam | The second word of the term literally means "condition", with roots in the words for "time" and "to exist". |
| Maltese | "Klima" in Maltese can also refer to the weather conditions of a specific day or period. |
| Maori | The word "āhuarangi" derives from the compound words "āhua" (shape or appearance) and "rangi" (sky), referring to the changing nature of the sky as an indicator of the weather. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "हवामान" (havamaan) also refers to "weather" and can be broken down into "हवा" (hava), meaning "air," and "मान" (maan), meaning "measure," or "quantity." |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, “уур амьсгал” means 'weather' but can also mean 'atmosphere' and 'air' in broader senses. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term ရာသီဥတု is used to refer not only to general patterns of temperature and rainfall over seasons, but to specific seasonal periods as well. |
| Nepali | The word "मौसम" (climate) is also used to refer to seasons in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "klima" also means "step" or "ascent", derived from the Old Norse word "klifa" meaning "to climb." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | According to Chichewa and Yao oral tradition, «nyengo» originally referred to one's temperament, particularly to a mild one, that in turn may influence the weather, as it does in English too. |
| Pashto | "هوا" in Pashto can also refer to the air, breath, or atmosphere. |
| Persian | "اقلیم" in Persian may also refer to a "region" or a "land". |
| Polish | "Klimat" (climate) can also refer to "atmosphere" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Clima" comes from the Greek "klima" meaning "inclination," and in Portuguese, it refers both to climate and to the angle of the sun. |
| Punjabi | }ਮੌਸਮ" also refers to a season in Punjabi, while in English "climate" refers to long-term weather patterns. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "climat" derives from the Greek "klima" and can also mean "mood" or "atmosphere". |
| Russian | The word "климат" shares roots with words denoting "home" and "dwelling" and carries the meaning of "residential conditions" and "comfortable living conditions". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "tau" also means "season". |
| Scots Gaelic | In some cases, gnàth-shìde can also refer to 'weather' or 'atmosphere'. |
| Serbian | "Клима" also means "step" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word 'tlelaemete' refers to the changing weather conditions that characterize a particular region. |
| Shona | Mamirwo ekunze is the Shona term for "climate," and comes from the infinitive "kurara" (to dwell or stay) and "kunze" (outside). |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "آبهوا" (climate) is derived from the Sanskrit word "आभा" (weather). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | දේශගුණය" can also refer to "mood" or "disposition" in Sinhala, conveying a sense of regional or group-wide atmosphere. |
| Slovak | "Podnebie" is also used in archaic contexts to refer to the heavens or the sky. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "podnebje" is derived from the Old Slavic word "nebje", meaning "sky", and the prefix "pod", meaning "under". |
| Somali | The Somali word "cimilada" is derived from the Arabic word "iqlim", meaning "clime" or "region". |
| Spanish | The word "clima" in Spanish can also refer to the "geographical area of the Earth with a certain type of climate". |
| Sundanese | "Iklim" in Sundanese also refers to the weather for a specific day |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "hali ya hewa" literally translates to "condition (or state) of air," highlighting the close connection between weather and the overall atmosphere. |
| Swedish | "Klimat" in Swedish can also refer to "weather" and is cognate with the English word "climate". It entered Swedish from Old Greek through Latin. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "klima" ultimately derives from the Greek word "klima," meaning "slope" or "inclination," and originally referred to the angle of the sun's rays at a particular location. |
| Tajik | The word "иқлим" in Tajik also means "a region or country that has a particular type of climate." |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "காலநிலை" can refer to seasonal conditions like rainfall or drought. |
| Telugu | The word "వాతావరణం" not only means "climate" but also refers to the protective layer of gases that surround the Earth and other celestial bodies. |
| Thai | The Thai word "สภาพภูมิอากาศ" also has the alternate meaning of "weather conditions." |
| Turkish | "İklim" kelimesi Türkçe'de "meyilli" veya "eğimli" anlamlarına da gelebilir. |
| Ukrainian | Клімат, помимо своего современного смысла, может также относиться к периоду в истории или геологическом времени с определенным набором условий. |
| Urdu | The Persian word for climate, "āb o havā" translates literally to "water and air." |
| Uzbek | The word “iqlim” in Uzbek also refers to a specific geographical zone with its distinct weather and temperature patterns |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "khí hậu" (climate) literally means "air quality". |
| Welsh | The word ‘hinsawdd’ originates from ‘hins,’ meaning ‘weather’ or ‘season,’ akin to the English word ‘hint.’ |
| Xhosa | Its root in the verb -zulu means to 'arrive at a point of conclusion, to end, to mature'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish term "קלימאט" (climate) relates to the Hebrew word "אקלים" (climate), suggesting a connection to the Greek word "κλίμα" (inclination, slope), which also underpins the English word "climate". |
| Yoruba | There is a Yoruba word 'afefe ife' which refers to the climate or weather of the town of Ife. |
| Zulu | The word "isimo sezulu" is derived from the Zulu words "isi" (atmosphere) and "sezulu" (sky), and literally means "condition of the sky". |
| English | The word 'climate' comes from the Greek word 'klima,' which means 'slope' or 'inclination'. |