weather
/ˈwɛðɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "What's the weather like today?"
- "We'll go for a walk when the weather's better."
- "The garden party was called off due to bad weather."
- "Here and there, the weather on the sea allowed two of their friends to hear and see, too."
- "Human beings love to talk about the weather."
- "Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather."
Etymology
From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”). Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɛðɚ/
- British English: /ˈwɛðə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Synonyms
state of the atmosphere
weatherboard
windward
upwind
weather condition
conditions
atmospheric condition
endure
brave
brave out