nebula

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English

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An emission nebula

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin nebula (little cloud, mist). Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, cloud), German Nebel (mist, nebula), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (sky, heaven), Russian не́бо (nébo, sky).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: neb'jə-lə, IPA(key): /ˈnɛbjʊlə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas or (obsolete) nebulæ)

  1. (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
    Hyponyms: emission nebula, pulsar wind nebula, supernova remnant
    • 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
      Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.
  2. (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
  3. (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Latin nebula

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnebulɑ/, [ˈne̞bulɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ebulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ne‧bu‧la

Noun

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nebula

  1. Synonym of tähtisumu

Declension

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Inflection of nebula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative nebula nebulat
genitive nebulan nebuloiden
nebuloitten
partitive nebulaa nebuloita
illative nebulaan nebuloihin
singular plural
nominative nebula nebulat
accusative nom. nebula nebulat
gen. nebulan
genitive nebulan nebuloiden
nebuloitten
nebulain rare
partitive nebulaa nebuloita
inessive nebulassa nebuloissa
elative nebulasta nebuloista
illative nebulaan nebuloihin
adessive nebulalla nebuloilla
ablative nebulalta nebuloilta
allative nebulalle nebuloille
essive nebulana nebuloina
translative nebulaksi nebuloiksi
abessive nebulatta nebuloitta
instructive nebuloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nebula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nebulani nebulani
accusative nom. nebulani nebulani
gen. nebulani
genitive nebulani nebuloideni
nebuloitteni
nebulaini rare
partitive nebulaani nebuloitani
inessive nebulassani nebuloissani
elative nebulastani nebuloistani
illative nebulaani nebuloihini
adessive nebulallani nebuloillani
ablative nebulaltani nebuloiltani
allative nebulalleni nebuloilleni
essive nebulanani nebuloinani
translative nebulakseni nebuloikseni
abessive nebulattani nebuloittani
instructive
comitative nebuloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nebulasi nebulasi
accusative nom. nebulasi nebulasi
gen. nebulasi
genitive nebulasi nebuloidesi
nebuloittesi
nebulaisi rare
partitive nebulaasi nebuloitasi
inessive nebulassasi nebuloissasi
elative nebulastasi nebuloistasi
illative nebulaasi nebuloihisi
adessive nebulallasi nebuloillasi
ablative nebulaltasi nebuloiltasi
allative nebulallesi nebuloillesi
essive nebulanasi nebuloinasi
translative nebulaksesi nebuloiksesi
abessive nebulattasi nebuloittasi
instructive
comitative nebuloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nebulamme nebulamme
accusative nom. nebulamme nebulamme
gen. nebulamme
genitive nebulamme nebuloidemme
nebuloittemme
nebulaimme rare
partitive nebulaamme nebuloitamme
inessive nebulassamme nebuloissamme
elative nebulastamme nebuloistamme
illative nebulaamme nebuloihimme
adessive nebulallamme nebuloillamme
ablative nebulaltamme nebuloiltamme
allative nebulallemme nebuloillemme
essive nebulanamme nebuloinamme
translative nebulaksemme nebuloiksemme
abessive nebulattamme nebuloittamme
instructive
comitative nebuloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nebulanne nebulanne
accusative nom. nebulanne nebulanne
gen. nebulanne
genitive nebulanne nebuloidenne
nebuloittenne
nebulainne rare
partitive nebulaanne nebuloitanne
inessive nebulassanne nebuloissanne
elative nebulastanne nebuloistanne
illative nebulaanne nebuloihinne
adessive nebulallanne nebuloillanne
ablative nebulaltanne nebuloiltanne
allative nebulallenne nebuloillenne
essive nebulananne nebuloinanne
translative nebulaksenne nebuloiksenne
abessive nebulattanne nebuloittanne
instructive
comitative nebuloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative nebulansa nebulansa
accusative nom. nebulansa nebulansa
gen. nebulansa
genitive nebulansa nebuloidensa
nebuloittensa
nebulainsa rare
partitive nebulaansa nebuloitaan
nebuloitansa
inessive nebulassaan
nebulassansa
nebuloissaan
nebuloissansa
elative nebulastaan
nebulastansa
nebuloistaan
nebuloistansa
illative nebulaansa nebuloihinsa
adessive nebulallaan
nebulallansa
nebuloillaan
nebuloillansa
ablative nebulaltaan
nebulaltansa
nebuloiltaan
nebuloiltansa
allative nebulalleen
nebulallensa
nebuloilleen
nebuloillensa
essive nebulanaan
nebulanansa
nebuloinaan
nebuloinansa
translative nebulakseen
nebulaksensa
nebuloikseen
nebuloiksensa
abessive nebulattaan
nebulattansa
nebuloittaan
nebuloittansa
instructive
comitative nebuloineen
nebuloinensa

Interlingua

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Noun

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nebula (plural nebulas)

  1. fog, mist, haze
  2. (pathology) nebula

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin nebula. Doublet of nebbia, which was inherited.

Noun

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nebula f (plural nebule)

  1. (archaic) fog, mist; cloud
  2. nebula
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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *neβelā, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), νεφέλη (nephélē), Old High German nebul, Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo).[1] Note that despite similar pronunciation and semantics, not related to nūbēs (cloud).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension

  1. fog
  2. cloud
  3. vapor
  4. nebula

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nebula nebulae
Genitive nebulae nebulārum
Dative nebulae nebulīs
Accusative nebulam nebulās
Ablative nebulā nebulīs
Vocative nebula nebulae

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References

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  • nebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nebula 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)
  • nebula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nebula”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404