nimbus
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)
- A circle of light; a halo.
- A gray rain cloud.
Usage notes
edit- (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.
Synonyms
edit- (circle of light): halo
Related terms
editTranslations
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See also
editCatalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin nimbus. Doublet of nimbe.
Noun
editnimbus m (invariable)
- nimbus (cloud)
Further reading
edit- “nimbus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin nimbus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnimbus
- Synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”)
Declension
editInflection of nimbus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nimbus | nimbukset | |
genitive | nimbuksen | nimbusten nimbuksien | |
partitive | nimbusta | nimbuksia | |
illative | nimbukseen | nimbuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nimbus | nimbukset | |
accusative | nom. | nimbus | nimbukset |
gen. | nimbuksen | ||
genitive | nimbuksen | nimbusten nimbuksien | |
partitive | nimbusta | nimbuksia | |
inessive | nimbuksessa | nimbuksissa | |
elative | nimbuksesta | nimbuksista | |
illative | nimbukseen | nimbuksiin | |
adessive | nimbuksella | nimbuksilla | |
ablative | nimbukselta | nimbuksilta | |
allative | nimbukselle | nimbuksille | |
essive | nimbuksena | nimbuksina | |
translative | nimbukseksi | nimbuksiksi | |
abessive | nimbuksetta | nimbuksitta | |
instructive | — | nimbuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin
editEtymology
editSeemingly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”) with an *-n- infix, but the formal details are disputed.[1] 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
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnɪmbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnimbus]
Noun
editnimbus 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
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | nimbus | nimbī |
Genitive | nimbī | nimbōrum |
Dative | nimbō | nimbīs |
Accusative | nimbum | nimbōs |
Ablative | nimbō | nimbīs |
Vocative | nimbe | nimbī |
Descendants
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nimbus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
- “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’s 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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin nimbus, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnimbus m inan
- nimbus (rain cloud)
- (archaic, art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)
Declension
editFurther reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editnimbus m (plural nimbuși)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) nimbus | nimbusul | (niște) nimbuși | nimbușii |
genitive/dative | (unui) nimbus | nimbusului | (unor) nimbuși | nimbușilor |
vocative | nimbusule | nimbușilor |
Serbo-Croatian
editNoun
editnimbus m (Cyrillic spelling нимбус)
Synonyms
edit- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɪmbəs
- Rhymes:English/ɪmbəs/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Clouds
- en:Heraldic charges
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan learned borrowings from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan doublets
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan indeclinable nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Clouds
- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
- Finnish learned borrowings from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/imbus
- Rhymes:Finnish/imbus/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms with unknown etymologies
- Latin terms derived from Indo-European languages
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin terms with quotations
- la:Weather
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/imbus
- Rhymes:Polish/imbus/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish terms with archaic senses
- pl:Art
- pl:Christianity
- pl:Clouds
- pl:Light
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Religion