climate
Syllabification: (cli·mate)
Pronunciation: /ˈklīmit/
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Definition of climate
noun
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French climat or late Latin clima, climat-, from Greek klima 'slope, zone', from klinein 'to slope'. The term originally denoted a zone of the earth between two lines of latitude, then any region of the earth, and later, a region considered with reference to its atmospheric conditions. Compare with clime