nube

See also: ñube

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñube

Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

Noun

nube f (plural nubes)

1. cloud

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nūbes. Cognate with Portuguese nuvem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnuβɪ]

Noun

nube f (plural nubes)

1. cloud
2. (computing) cloud

Related terms

• anubrar
• nuboso

 

References

• “nuve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “nube” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nuve” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nube” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nube” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nube” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hadza

Etymology

• includes a suffix -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nube/

Adjective

nube m (masc. plural nubibii, fem. nubiko, fem. plural nubebee)

1. good, nice, beautiful

   Synonym: zzie

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.be/
• Rhymes: -ube
• Hyphenation: nù‧be

Noun

nube f (plural nubi)

1. cloud

   Synonym: nuvola

2. haze

Latin

Noun

nūbe

1. ablative singular of nūbēs

Verb

nūbe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nūbō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). In Old Spanish, it was written nuve, nué.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]

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• Rhymes: -ube
• Syllabification: nu‧be

Noun

nube f (plural nubes)

1. cloud
2. multitude, or crowd (of people)
3. baby's breath

   Synonym: velo de novia

4. (Spain) marshmallow

   Synonyms: malvavisco, bombón

5. (computing) the cloud

Derived terms

• caer de las nubes
• computación en la nube
• descargar la nube
• nube de azúcar
• nube de electrones
• nube de hongo
• nube de lluvia
• nube de Oort
• nube de verano
• rabo de nube
• techo de nubes

 

Related terms

• nublado
• nublar
• nubosidad
• nuboso
• por las nubes

 

Further reading

• “nube”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014