cumulonimbus
See also: Cumulonimbus and cumulo-nimbus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
cumulonimbus (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 edit
Translations edit
cloud
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Catalan edit
Noun edit
cumulonimbus m (invariable)
- Alternative form of cumulonimbe
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin cumulonimbus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cumulonimbus
- Synonym of kuuropilvi (“cumulonimbus”)
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cumulo-nimbus.
Noun edit
cumulonimbus 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 edit
Noun edit
cumulonimbus m (plural cumulonimbus)