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Added 10 October 2026

clime

/klaɪm/ noun

Latin root: clima Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about clime at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.
Climate.
A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.
The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.

verb

Misspelling of climb.

noun

Misspelling of climb.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literally “inclination”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to slope, incline”). See also climate.

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