nebular

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder.

Proto-Italic *neβelā

Latin nebulalbor.

English nebula

English -ar

English nebular

From nebula + -ar.

Adjective

nebular (comparative more nebular, superlative most nebular)

1. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to a nebula.
2. Cloudy; diffuse.

Derived terms

• nebular hypothesis
• nebularization
• nebularize
• nonnebular
• supernebular

Related terms

• nebulosity
• nebulous
• nebula

Anagrams

• unabler, branule, runable

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nebuˈlaɾ/ [ne.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ne‧bu‧lar

Adjective

nebular m or f (masculine and feminine plural nebulares)

1. nebular

Further reading

• “nebular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025