nimbus
See also: Nimbus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”)
Pronunciation
Noun
nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)
Usage notes
- (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
- (circle of light): halo
Related terms
Translations
circle of light; halo
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rain cloud
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See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
nimbus
- Synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”)
Declension
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 | |
abessive | nimbuksetta | nimbuksitta | |
instructive | — | nimbuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnɪmbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnimbus]
Noun
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
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
See also
References
- “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
nimbus m (Cyrillic spelling нимбус)
Synonyms
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- Rhymes:English/ɪmbəs
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- English countable nouns
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- en:Clouds
- en:Heraldic charges
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- la:Weather
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