climate
/ˈklaɪ.mɪt/noun
climate is spelled C-L-I-M-A-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, climate means “The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of climate is climates.
How many letters and syllables are in climate?
| Letters | 7: C-L-I-M-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 51 times per million words; the 1,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is climate?
Climate appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce climate?
- /ˈklaɪ.mɪt/
- /ˈklaɪ.mət/
Climate has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-climate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of climate
- climates plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- climating participle, present
- climated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does climate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
- 2
The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate.
- 3
obsoleteAn area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
- 4
obsoleteA region of the Earth.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo dwell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Climate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense long-term atmospheric conditions:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does climate come from?
From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).