nuvola

See also: nùvoła

Italian

Alternative forms

• nuvolo

Etymology

From a Latin nūbila, noun use of the feminine of nūbilus (“cloudy”), from nūbēs. Cognate with Sicilian nuvula. Compare Catalan núvol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.vo.la/

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• Rhymes: -uvola
• Hyphenation: nù‧vo‧la

Noun

nuvola f (plural nuvole)

1. cloud

   Synonym: nube

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXX, lines 28–33, page 459:

     così dentro una nuvola di fiori ¶ che da le mani angeliche saliva ¶ e ricadeva in giù dentro e di fori, ¶ donna m’apparve, sotto verde manto ¶ vestita di color di fiamma viva.

     Thus in the bosom of a cloud of flowers which from those hands angelical ascended, and downward fell again inside and out, over her snow-white veil with olive cinct appeared a lady under a green mantle, vested in colour of the living flame.

Related terms

• annuvolare / rannuvolare
• nuvolaglia
• nuvoletta
• nuvolone
• nuvolosità
• nuvoloso