nimbus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb. Sense 2 (“grey rain cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɪmbəs/ Rhymes: -ɪmbəs Hyphenation: nimb‧us === Noun === nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses) A circle of light; a halo. (meteorology) A grey rain cloud. ==== Usage notes ==== (circle of light): In heraldry and art, a nimbus may be considered distinct from a halo. The term halo can refer to an open ring of light or of gold behind the head of a saint, while nimbus refers to a solid disk of light or gold. ==== Derived terms ==== nimbused nimbuslike ==== Related terms ==== nimbed ==== Translations ==== === References === == Catalan == === Alternative forms === nimbe === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus. Doublet of nimbe. === Pronunciation === === Noun === nimbus m (invariable) nimbus (cloud) === Further reading === “nimbus”, 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 == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnimbus/, [ˈnimbus̠] Rhymes: -imbus Syllabification(key): nim‧bus Hyphenation(key): nim‧bus === Noun === nimbus synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”) ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnimbus/ [ˈnim.bʊs] Rhymes: -imbus Syllabification: nim‧bus === Noun === nimbus (plural nimbus-nimbus) nimbus: (Catholicism) a circle of light; a halo, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings (geology) a gray rain cloud halo === Further reading === “nimbus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”) with an *-n- infix, but the formal details are disputed. Possibly contaminated either by a zero-grade variant *imbus or by the related word imber (“rain”), if not borrowed from another Indo-European language. Cognates include Latin nebula, Proto-Slavic *nebo (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas, “sky”) and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪm.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnim.bus] === Noun === nimbus m (genitive nimbī); second declension rainstorm, rain shower rain cloud, thunder cloud, storm cloud cloud halo (visible aura of divine power) throng (figuratively) calamity, tempest ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== nebula nūbēs nūbifer nūbigena nūbilum nūbilus === References === “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "nimbus", 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) “nimbus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos. Doublet of niebo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲim.bus/ Rhymes: -imbus Syllabification: nim‧bus === Noun === nimbus m inan nimbus (rain cloud) (archaic, art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art) Synonyms: aureola, gloria, nimb ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “nimbus”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “nimbus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French nimbus. === Noun === nimbus m (plural nimbuși) nimbus ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === nimbus m inan (Cyrillic spelling нимбус) (religion) halo nimbus ==== Synonyms ==== oreol