nube

See also: ñube

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñube

Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nuve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nube”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nuve”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nube”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nube”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nube”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.bɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.be]

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]

• Audio:

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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
6. cataract
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 298:

     La cerilla de los oídos, echada en los ojos, cura la nube.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10