nuage

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.aʒ/, /nɥaʒ/

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• Rhymes: -aʒ
• Homophones: nuagent, nuages
• Hyphenation: nuage

Etymology 1

From nue +‎ -age.

Noun

nuage m (plural nuages)

1. cloud

Derived terms

• avoir la tête dans les nuages
• ennuager
• être dans les nuages
• être sur un petit nuage
• informatique en nuage
• nuager
• nuageux

Related terms

• nue
• nuée

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: niaz
• Réunion Creole French: niaz

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nuage

1. inflection of nuager:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “nuage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Occitan

Etymology

Cognate with French nuage.

Noun

nuage m (plural nuages)

1. cloud