nuvola
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See also: nùvoła
Italian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From a Latin nūbila, noun use of the feminine of nūbilus (“cloudy”), from nūbēs. Cognate with Sicilian nuvula. Compare Catalan núvol.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nuvola f (plural nuvole)
- cloud
- Synonym: nube
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XXX”, in Purgatorio, lines 28–33:
- così dentro una nuvola di fiori
che da le mani angeliche saliva
e ricadeva in giù dentro e di fori- Thus in the bosom of a cloud of flowers which from those hands angelical ascended, and downward fell again inside and out
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