cirrus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus (“curl; fringe of clothes; mane (especially forelock) of a horse; etc”); further etymology unknown. Sense 2 (“type of cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. The plural form cirri is also a learned borrowing from Latin cirrī, the nominative or vocative plural of cirrus. === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹəs/ Homophone: cirrous Rhymes: -ɪɹəs Hyphenation: cir‧rus Plural: (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹaɪ/ Hyphenation: cir‧ri === Noun === cirrus (plural cirri) (biology) (botany) Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”). (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia. (ornithology, obsolete) A tuft of ornamental feathers. (ornithology, obsolete) A long, thin, wirelike tail feather. (meteorology, often attributive) A principal high-level type of cloud, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments or wisps, or narrow bands. Synonym: (symbol) Ci Hyponym: mare's-tail ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cirral cirro- cirrus-bag ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === cirrus (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia cirrus cloud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tendril on Wikipedia.Wikipedia cirrus (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus. Doublet of cerro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsi.rus] === Noun === cirrus m (invariable) (botany) cirrus, tendril Synonym: circell (zoology) cirrus (tendril-like appendage) (meteorology) cirrus (cloud) === Further reading === “cirrus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “cirrus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “cirrus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cirrus”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Finnish == === Etymology === From New Latin cirrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsirːus/, [ˈs̠irːus̠] Rhymes: -irːus Syllabification(key): cir‧rus Hyphenation(key): cir‧rus === Noun === cirrus cirrus (type of cloud) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== cirruspilvi untuvapilvi ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cirrus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Latin == === Etymology === The origin is unknown. There are no definitive cognates in other Indo-European languages. Compare Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪr.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.rus] === Noun === cirrus m (genitive cirrī); second declension a curl the fringe of clothes the tentacle of an octopus the mane, especially the forelock, of a horse ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: cerro Galician: cerro Italian: cirro Portuguese: cerro Spanish: cerro === References === “cirrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cirrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cirrus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cirrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “cirrus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sir.rus/ Rhymes: -irrus Syllabification: cir‧rus === Noun === cirrus m animal (meteorology) cirrus (type of cloud) Synonym: chmura pierzasta ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “cirrus”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “cirrus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)