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meteorologist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌmiːti.əˈɹɒ.lə.dʒɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree English meteorology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English meteorologist From meteorology + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who studies meteorology.
2. A weather forecaster.
   • Rees-Mogg has claimed that “climate alarmism” is responsible for high energy prices and that it is unrealistic for scientists to project future changes to the climate because meteorologists struggle to correctly predict the weather. 2022 September 6, Jacob Rees-Mogg, quotee, “Jacob Rees-Mogg, who decried ‘climate alarmism’, to take on UK energy brief”, in The Guardian:
   • For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA. 2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020:

Forms

Deriveds

astrometeorologist · hydrometeorologist · micrometeorologist · biometeorologist

Translations (33)

nl weervrouw (weather forecaster) · ru метеоро́лог (weather forecaster) · sv meteorolog (person who studies meteorology) · de Meteorologe (weather forecaster) · nl weerpresentator (weather forecaster) · fi meteorologi (weather forecaster) · ja 気象学者 (person who studies meteorology) · sv meteorolog (weather forecaster) · fr météorologiste (weather forecaster) · fr météorologue (weather forecaster) · fr météorologiste (person who studies meteorology) · fr météorologue (person who studies meteorology) · hy օդերեւութաբան (person who studies meteorology) · es meteorólogo (person who studies meteorology) · nl weerpresentatrice (weather forecaster) · hi मौसम विज्ञानी (person who studies meteorology) · de Meteorologe (person who studies meteorology) · hy օդերեւութաբան (weather forecaster) · cs meteorolog (person who studies meteorology) · it meteorologo (person who studies meteorology) · is veðurfræðingur (person who studies meteorology) · nl meteoroloog (weather forecaster) · pt meteorologista (person who studies meteorology) · nl meteoroloog (person who studies meteorology) · no meteorolog (person who studies meteorology) · ca meteoròleg (person who studies meteorology) · nl weerkundige (weather forecaster) · ru метеоро́лог (person who studies meteorology) · hu meteorológus (person who studies meteorology) · pl meteorolog (person who studies meteorology) · nl weerman (weather forecaster) · fi meteorologi (person who studies meteorology) · nl weerkundige (person who studies meteorology)