clima

Noun

clima m (plural climes)

1. climate

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

1. climate

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Noun

clima m (plural climi)

1. climate
2. (informal) air conditioner
3. (informal) air conditioning

Anagrams

• calmi, clami

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “region, zone, originally slope”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I slope, incline”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/, [ˈklɪ.ma]

Noun

clima n (genitive climatis); third declension

1. (mathematics) slope, inclination
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

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, 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

Etymology

From Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “region, zone”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I slope, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: cli‧ma

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

1. climate (long-term manifestations of weather)
2. (informal) mood; atmosphere (as in the situation)

Etymology

From Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “region, zone”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I slope, incline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/
• See also: Colima, colima, clama,

Noun

clima m (plural climas)

1. (weather) climate, weather