Added 9 October 2026
meteorology
/ˌmiːtɪəˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/ noun
First recorded: 1563 Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about meteorology at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Predicting what the weather will be.
- The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather).
Origin
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.
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