nuvola
See also: nùvoła
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a Latin nūbila, noun use of the feminine of nūbilus (“cloudy”), from nūbēs.
Pronunciation
Noun
nuvola f (plural nuvole)
- cloud
- Synonym: nube
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXX, page 459, lines 28–33:
- 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.