cirrocumulus

cirrocumulus

English

Typical cirrocumulus cloud.

Noun

cirrocumulus (plural cirrocumuli)

1. (physics, meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. Abbreviated Cc.

Translations

a cloud type

Chinese: Cantonese: 卷積雲, 卷积云 (gyun2zik1wan4) Mandarin: 卷積雲／卷积云 (zh) (juǎnjīyún) Dutch: schapenwolk (nl) f, cirrocumulus (nl) m Esperanto: cirokumuluso Finnish: palleropilvi French: cirrocumulus (fr) m Greek: θυσανοσωρείτης (el) m (thysanosoreítis) Hungarian: bárányfelhő (hu) Italian: cirrocumulo m Japanese: 巻積雲 (ja) (けんせきうん, kensekiun), 鱗雲 (urokogumo), 鰯雲 (iwashigumo), 鯖雲 (sabagumo) Latin: cirrocumulus m, nubes cirrocumula f Macedonian: цирокумулус m (cirokumulus) Polish: cirrocumulus (pl) n, baranek (pl) m (colloquial) Russian: перисто-кучева́я f (peristo-kučevája) Spanish: cirrocúmulo m Welsh: siro-cwmwlws m

References

• Source: FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents.

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Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin cirrocumulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsirːoˌkumulus/, [ˈs̠irːo̞ˌkumulus̠]

Noun

cirrocumulus

1. Synonym of palleropilvi (“cirrocumulus”)

Declension

Inflection of cirrocumulus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		cirrocumulus	cirrocumulukset
genitive		cirrocumuluksen	cirrocumulusten cirrocumuluksien
partitive		cirrocumulusta	cirrocumuluksia
illative		cirrocumulukseen	cirrocumuluksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		cirrocumulus	cirrocumulukset
accusative	nom.	cirrocumulus	cirrocumulukset
	gen.	cirrocumuluksen
genitive		cirrocumuluksen	cirrocumulusten cirrocumuluksien
partitive		cirrocumulusta	cirrocumuluksia
inessive		cirrocumuluksessa	cirrocumuluksissa
elative		cirrocumuluksesta	cirrocumuluksista
illative		cirrocumulukseen	cirrocumuluksiin
adessive		cirrocumuluksella	cirrocumuluksilla
ablative		cirrocumulukselta	cirrocumuluksilta
allative		cirrocumulukselle	cirrocumuluksille
essive		cirrocumuluksena	cirrocumuluksina
translative		cirrocumulukseksi	cirrocumuluksiksi
instructive		—	cirrocumuluksin
abessive		cirrocumuluksetta	cirrocumuluksitta
comitative		—	cirrocumuluksineen

Possessive forms of cirrocumulus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	cirrocumulukseni	cirrocumuluksemme
2nd person	cirrocumuluksesi	cirrocumuluksenne
3rd person	cirrocumuluksensa