nebula

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). First attested in 1655. Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”). === Pronunciation === enPR: nĕb′yə-lə (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈnɛb.jə.lə/; (also Scotland) /ˈnɛb.jʌ.lʌ/ (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈneb.jə.lə/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ(ː)b.ju.la/ Rhymes: -ɛbjələ Hyphenation: neb‧u‧la === Noun === nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas or (archaic) nebulæ) (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes). Hyponyms: emission nebula, pulsar wind nebula, supernova remnant (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea. (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nebulosity nebulous nebular ==== Descendants ==== → Punjabi: ਨੈਬੀਊਲਾ (naibīūlā) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== plerion nova remnant supernova remnant Herbig-Haro object Bok globule interstellar cloud intergalactic cloud high velocity cloud === Further reading === “nebula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Buelna, Nabeul, unable, unbale == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nebula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnebulɑ/, [ˈne̞bulɑ̝] Rhymes: -ebulɑ Syllabification(key): ne‧bu‧la Hyphenation(key): ne‧bu‧la === Noun === nebula synonym of tähtisumu ==== Declension ==== == Interlingua == === Noun === nebula (plural nebulas) fog, mist, haze (pathology) nebula == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nebula. Doublet of nebbia, which was inherited. === Noun === nebula f (plural nebule) (archaic) fog, mist; cloud nebula ==== Related terms ==== nebbia nebulizzare nebulosa == Latin == === Etymology === Inherited 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). Note that despite similar pronunciation and semantics, not related to nūbēs (“cloud”). === Pronunciation === nebula: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛ.bʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛː.bu.la] Hyphenation: ne‧bu‧la nebulā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛ.bʊ.ɫaː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛː.bu.la] Hyphenation: ne‧bu‧lā === Noun === nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension fog cloud vapor (New Latin) nebula ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== cālīgō ==== Derived terms ==== nebulōsus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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, 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.