nebula
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).
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Noun[edit]
nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas or (obsolete) nebulæ)
- (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
- Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.
- (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
- (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine.
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Translations[edit]
a space cloud
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See also[edit]
- plerion
- nova remnant
- supernova remnant
- Herbig-Haro object
- Bok globule
- interstellar cloud
- intergalactic cloud
- high velocity cloud
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Noun[edit]
nebula (plural nebulas)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin nebula. Doublet of nebbia, which was inherited.
Noun[edit]
nebula f (plural nebule)
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *neβelā, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), νεφέλη (nephélē), Old High German nebul, Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛbʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛːbulä]
Noun[edit]
nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nebula | nebulae |
Genitive | nebulae | nebulārum |
Dative | nebulae | nebulīs |
Accusative | nebulam | nebulās |
Ablative | nebulā | nebulīs |
Vocative | nebula | nebulae |
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Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: negurã, negure
- Catalan: neula
- Old Francoprovençal: niola
- Franco-Provençal: niola
- Old French: niule, neble
- Galician: nebra
- Italian: nebbia
- Occitan: nèbla
- Old Galician-Portuguese: nevoa
- Romanian: negură
- Romansch: nebla, neabla
- Sardinian: nébida, neula
- Sicilian: negghia, nìvula
- Spanish: niebla, ⇒ neblina
- Venetian: nebia, nibia
- Borrowings:
References[edit]
- “nebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nebula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nebula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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