How to pronounce climate
American English pronunciation
KLY-mit
- IPA
- /ˈklaɪmɪt/
- Syllables
- KLY · mit (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What climate means
The usual weather in a place, year after year
In a sentence: Cactuses grow well in a hot, dry climate.
Where it comes from: It came through French and Latin from a Greek word for a band of the Earth, measured by how far north or south it is.
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