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cirrus

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin cirrus (“curl”).

 
A sky filled with cirrus clouds

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹəs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪɹəs

Noun edit

cirrus (plural cirri)

  1. (botany) A tendril.
  2. (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
  3. (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
    • 1952, Ernest Hemingway, The old man and the sea, Harper Perennial classics, published 2014, page 282:
      He looked at the sky and saw the white cumulus built like friendly piles of ice cream and high above where the thin feathers of the cirrus against the high September sky.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 15:
      The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus. Doublet of cerro.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cirrus m (invariable)

  1. cirrus (cloud)

Further reading edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From New Latin cirrus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsirːus/, [ˈs̠irːus̠]
  • Syllabification(key): cir‧rus

Noun edit

cirrus

  1. cirrus (type of cloud)

Declension edit

Inflection of cirrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative cirrus cirrukset
genitive cirruksen cirrusten
cirruksien
partitive cirrusta cirruksia
illative cirrukseen cirruksiin
singular plural
nominative cirrus cirrukset
accusative nom. cirrus cirrukset
gen. cirruksen
genitive cirruksen cirrusten
cirruksien
partitive cirrusta cirruksia
inessive cirruksessa cirruksissa
elative cirruksesta cirruksista
illative cirrukseen cirruksiin
adessive cirruksella cirruksilla
ablative cirrukselta cirruksilta
allative cirrukselle cirruksille
essive cirruksena cirruksina
translative cirrukseksi cirruksiksi
abessive cirruksetta cirruksitta
instructive — cirruksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of cirrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative cirrukseni cirrukseni
accusative nom. cirrukseni cirrukseni
gen. cirrukseni
genitive cirrukseni cirrusteni
cirruksieni
partitive cirrustani cirruksiani
inessive cirruksessani cirruksissani
elative cirruksestani cirruksistani
illative cirrukseeni cirruksiini
adessive cirruksellani cirruksillani
ablative cirrukseltani cirruksiltani
allative cirrukselleni cirruksilleni
essive cirruksenani cirruksinani
translative cirruksekseni cirruksikseni
abessive cirruksettani cirruksittani
instructive — —
comitative — cirruksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative cirruksesi cirruksesi
accusative nom. cirruksesi cirruksesi
gen. cirruksesi
genitive cirruksesi cirrustesi
cirruksiesi
partitive cirrustasi cirruksiasi
inessive cirruksessasi cirruksissasi
elative cirruksestasi cirruksistasi
illative cirrukseesi cirruksiisi
adessive cirruksellasi cirruksillasi
ablative cirrukseltasi cirruksiltasi
allative cirruksellesi cirruksillesi
essive cirruksenasi cirruksinasi
translative cirrukseksesi cirruksiksesi
abessive cirruksettasi cirruksittasi
instructive — —
comitative — cirruksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative cirruksemme cirruksemme
accusative nom. cirruksemme cirruksemme
gen. cirruksemme
genitive cirruksemme cirrustemme
cirruksiemme
partitive cirrustamme cirruksiamme
inessive cirruksessamme cirruksissamme
elative cirruksestamme cirruksistamme
illative cirrukseemme cirruksiimme
adessive cirruksellamme cirruksillamme
ablative cirrukseltamme cirruksiltamme
allative cirruksellemme cirruksillemme
essive cirruksenamme cirruksinamme
translative cirrukseksemme cirruksiksemme
abessive cirruksettamme cirruksittamme
instructive — —
comitative — cirruksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative cirruksenne cirruksenne
accusative nom. cirruksenne cirruksenne
gen. cirruksenne
genitive cirruksenne cirrustenne
cirruksienne
partitive cirrustanne cirruksianne
inessive cirruksessanne cirruksissanne
elative cirruksestanne cirruksistanne
illative cirrukseenne cirruksiinne
adessive cirruksellanne cirruksillanne
ablative cirrukseltanne cirruksiltanne
allative cirruksellenne cirruksillenne
essive cirruksenanne cirruksinanne
translative cirrukseksenne cirruksiksenne
abessive cirruksettanne cirruksittanne
instructive — —
comitative — cirruksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative cirruksensa cirruksensa
accusative nom. cirruksensa cirruksensa
gen. cirruksensa
genitive cirruksensa cirrustensa
cirruksiensa
partitive cirrustaan
cirrustansa 		cirruksiaan
cirruksiansa
inessive cirruksessaan
cirruksessansa 		cirruksissaan
cirruksissansa
elative cirruksestaan
cirruksestansa 		cirruksistaan
cirruksistansa
illative cirrukseensa cirruksiinsa
adessive cirruksellaan
cirruksellansa 		cirruksillaan
cirruksillansa
ablative cirrukseltaan
cirrukseltansa 		cirruksiltaan
cirruksiltansa
allative cirrukselleen
cirruksellensa 		cirruksilleen
cirruksillensa
essive cirruksenaan
cirruksenansa 		cirruksinaan
cirruksinansa
translative cirruksekseen
cirrukseksensa 		cirruksikseen
cirruksiksensa
abessive cirruksettaan
cirruksettansa 		cirruksittaan
cirruksittansa
instructive — —
comitative — cirruksineen
cirruksinensa

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

compounds

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. There are no definitive cognates in other Indo-European languages. Compare Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cirrus m (genitive cirrī); second declension

  1. a curl
  2. the fringe of clothes
  3. the tentacle of an octopus
  4. the mane, especially the forelock, of a horse

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cirrus cirrī
Genitive cirrī cirrōrum
Dative cirrō cirrīs
Accusative cirrum cirrōs
Ablative cirrō cirrīs
Vocative cirre cirrī

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: cerro
  • Galician: cerro
  • Italian: cirro
  • Portuguese: cerro
  • Spanish: cerro

References edit

  • “cirrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cirrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cirrus 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)
  • “cirrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cirrus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cirrus (“curl”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cirrus m animal

  1. (meteorology) cirrus (a type of cloud)
    Synonym: chmura pierzasta

Declension edit

Declension of cirrus
singular plural
nominative cirrus cirrusy
genitive cirrusa cirrusów
dative cirrusowi cirrusom
accusative cirrusa cirrusy
instrumental cirrusem cirrusami
locative cirrusie cirrusach
vocative cirrusie cirrusy

Further reading edit

  • cirrus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cirrus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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