cumulonimbus
See also: Cumulonimbus and cumulo-nimbus
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cumulus (“heap”) + nimbus (“cloud”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌkju.mjə.loʊˈnɪm.bəs/
- Rhymes: -ɪmbəs
- Hyphenation: cu‧mu‧lo‧nim‧bus
Noun
editcumulonimbus (plural cumulonimbuses or cumulonimbi)
- (meteorology) A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms.
- 1921, Lewis R. Freeman, chapter III, in Down the Columbia[1]:
- The one to the east (which at the moment seemed to be leaping straight out of the heart of a sinister slaty-purple patch of cumulonimbus) drained the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers; that to the west a desolate rock and ice-walled valley which was rimmed by some of the highest summits in the Selkirks.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcloud
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Anagrams
editCatalan
editNoun
editcumulonimbus m (invariable)
- Alternative form of cumulonimbe
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin cumulonimbus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcumulonimbus
- Synonym of kuuropilvi (“cumulonimbus”)
Declension
editInflection of cumulonimbus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | cumulonimbus | cumulonimbukset | |
genitive | cumulonimbuksen | cumulonimbusten cumulonimbuksien | |
partitive | cumulonimbusta | cumulonimbuksia | |
illative | cumulonimbukseen | cumulonimbuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | cumulonimbus | cumulonimbukset | |
accusative | nom. | cumulonimbus | cumulonimbukset |
gen. | cumulonimbuksen | ||
genitive | cumulonimbuksen | cumulonimbusten cumulonimbuksien | |
partitive | cumulonimbusta | cumulonimbuksia | |
inessive | cumulonimbuksessa | cumulonimbuksissa | |
elative | cumulonimbuksesta | cumulonimbuksista | |
illative | cumulonimbukseen | cumulonimbuksiin | |
adessive | cumulonimbuksella | cumulonimbuksilla | |
ablative | cumulonimbukselta | cumulonimbuksilta | |
allative | cumulonimbukselle | cumulonimbuksille | |
essive | cumulonimbuksena | cumulonimbuksina | |
translative | cumulonimbukseksi | cumulonimbuksiksi | |
abessive | cumulonimbuksetta | cumulonimbuksitta | |
instructive | — | cumulonimbuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cumulo-nimbus.
Noun
editcumulonimbus m (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of cumulonimbus (singular only)
singular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) cumulonimbus | cumulonimbusul |
genitive/dative | (unui) cumulonimbus | cumulonimbusului |
vocative | cumulonimbusule |
Spanish
editNoun
editcumulonimbus m (plural cumulonimbus)
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