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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)
Usage notes[edit]
- (circle of light): In heraldry and art, a nimbus may be considered distinct from a halo. The term halo can refer to an open ring of light or of gold behind the head of a saint, while nimbus refers to a solid disk of light or gold.
Synonyms[edit]
- (circle of light): halo
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
circle of light; halo
rain cloud
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See also[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus. Doublet of nimbe.
Noun[edit]
nimbus m (plural nimbus)
- nimbus (cloud)
Further reading[edit]
- “nimbus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus
- Synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of nimbus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nimbus | nimbukset | |
genitive | nimbuksen | nimbusten nimbuksien | |
partitive | nimbusta | nimbuksia | |
illative | nimbukseen | nimbuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nimbus | nimbukset | |
accusative | nom. | nimbus | nimbukset |
gen. | nimbuksen | ||
genitive | nimbuksen | nimbusten nimbuksien | |
partitive | nimbusta | nimbuksia | |
inessive | nimbuksessa | nimbuksissa | |
elative | nimbuksesta | nimbuksista | |
illative | nimbukseen | nimbuksiin | |
adessive | nimbuksella | nimbuksilla | |
ablative | nimbukselta | nimbuksilta | |
allative | nimbukselle | nimbuksille | |
essive | nimbuksena | nimbuksina | |
translative | nimbukseksi | nimbuksiksi | |
instructive | — | nimbuksin | |
abessive | nimbuksetta | nimbuksitta | |
comitative | — | nimbuksineen |
Possessive forms of nimbus (type vastaus) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | nimbukseni | nimbuksemme |
2nd person | nimbuksesi | nimbuksenne |
3rd person | nimbuksensa |
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognates include Latin nebula, Proto-Slavic *nebo (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas, “sky”) and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus m (genitive nimbī); second declension
- rainstorm, rain shower
- rain cloud, thunder cloud
- cloud
- halo (visible aura of divine power)
- throng
- (figuratively) calamity, tempest
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | nimbus | nimbī |
Genitive | nimbī | nimbōrum |
Dative | nimbō | nimbīs |
Accusative | nimbum | nimbōs |
Ablative | nimbō | nimbīs |
Vocative | nimbe | nimbī |
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “nimbus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nimbus 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)
- nimbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus m (plural nimbuși)
Declension[edit]
Declension of nimbus
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) nimbus | nimbusul | (niște) nimbuși | nimbușii |
genitive/dative | (unui) nimbus | nimbusului | (unor) nimbuși | nimbușilor |
vocative | nimbusule | nimbușilor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimbus m (Cyrillic spelling нимбус)
Synonyms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/ɪmbəs
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Clouds
- en:Heraldic charges
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan learned borrowings from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan doublets
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Clouds
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/imbus
- Rhymes:Finnish/imbus/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- la:Weather
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
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- sh:Religion