cirrus

English

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Etymology

From Latin cirrus (“curl”).

A sky filled with cirrus clouds

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪɹəs/, X-SAMPA: /"sIr@s/
• Rhymes: -ɪrəs

Noun

cirrus (plural cirri)

1. (botany) A tendril.
2. (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.

Translations

tendril

• Czech: úponek (cs) m

Noun

cirrus (plural cirruses)

1. (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.

Translations

cloud

• Chinese: 卷雲, 卷云 (juǎnyún)
• Dutch: windveer, cirrus, vederwolk
• Hungarian: pehelyfelhő (hu)
• Icelandic: klósigar (is) m pl, blikutrefjar (is) f pl, blikufjaðrir (is) f pl, vatnsklær (is) f pl

• Italian: cirro (it) m
• Japanese: 巻雲 (けんうん, ken'un), すじ雲 (sujigumo)
• Latvian: spalvu mākonis (lv) m
• Maori: pūrerehu (mi)
• Russian: перистая (ru) (péristaja) f
• Spanish: cirro (es) m