nebula
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
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NounEdit
nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas or (obsolete) nebulæ)
- (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
- (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine.
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TranslationsEdit
a space cloud
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See alsoEdit
- plerion
- nova remnant
- supernova remnant
- Herbig-Haro object
- Bok globule
- interstellar cloud
- intergalactic cloud
- high velocity cloud
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InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
nebula (plural nebulas)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin nebula. Doublet of nebbia, which was inherited.
NounEdit
nebula f (plural nebule)
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
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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DescendantsEdit
- Aromanian: negurã, negure
- Catalan: neula
- → English: nebula
- Old Francoprovençal: niola
- Franco-Provençal: niola
- Old French: niule, neble
- Galician: néboa, nebra, neboeiro
- Italian: nebbia, → nebula
- Kabuverdianu: nébua
- Occitan: nèbla
- Portuguese: nevoeiro, névoa, nébula, neblina
- Romanian: negură
- Romansch: nebla, neabla
- Sardinian: nébida, neula
- Sicilian: negghia, nìvula
- Spanish: niebla, ⇒ neblina
- Papiamentu: neblina
- Venetian: nebia, nibia
ReferencesEdit
- “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