cumulonimbus

cumulonimbus

See also: Cumulonimbus and cumulo-nimbus

English

A cumulonimbus cloud.

Alternative forms

• cumulo-nimbus

Etymology

From Latin cumulus (“heap”) + nimbus (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkju.mjə.loʊˈnɪm.bəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪmbəs
• Hyphenation: cu‧mu‧lo‧nim‧bus

Noun

cumulonimbus (plural cumulonimbuses or cumulonimbi)

1. (meteorology) A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms.
   • 1921, Lewis R. Freeman, chapter III, in Down the Columbia‎:

     The one to the east (which at the moment seemed to be leaping straight out of the heart of a sinister slaty-purple patch of cumulonimbus) drained the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers; that to the west a desolate rock and ice-walled valley which was rimmed by some of the highest summits in the Selkirks.

Derived terms

• cumulonimbiform
• cumulonimbus calvus
• cumulonimbus capillatus
• cumulonimbus flammagenitus
• cumulonimbus tuba
• pyrocumulonimbus

 

Translations

cloud

Catalan: cumulonimbe m, cumulonimbus m Chinese: Cantonese: 積雨雲, 积雨云 (zik1jyu5wan4) Mandarin: 積雨雲／积雨云 (zh) (jīyǔyún) Dutch: cumulonimbus (nl) m Finnish: kuuropilvi, ukkospilvi (fi) French: cumulonimbus (fr) m German: Kumulonimbus m Greek: σωρειτομελανίας (el) m (soreitomelanías) Icelandic: skúraský (is) n, þrumuský (is) n, skúraflákar m pl, útsynningsklakkar m pl Italian: cumulonembo (it) m Japanese: 積乱雲 (せきらんうん, sekiran'un) Latin: cumulonimbus m Macedonian: кумулонимбус m (kumulonimbus) Portuguese: cúmulo-nimbo Romanian: cumulonimbus (ro) Russian: ку́чево-дождевое (kúčevo-doždevoje) облако (ru) (oblako) Spanish: cumulonimbo (es) m Vietnamese: mây vũ tích

Anagrams

• nimbocumulus

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Catalan

Noun

cumulonimbus m (plural cumulonimbus)

1. Alternative form of cumulonimbe

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Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin cumulonimbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumuloˌnimbus/, [ˈkumulo̞ˌnimbus̠]

Noun

cumulonimbus

1. Synonym of kuuropilvi (“cumulonimbus”)

Declension

Inflection of cumulonimbus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		cumulonimbus	cumulonimbukset
genitive		cumulonimbuksen	cumulonimbusten cumulonimbuksien
partitive		cumulonimbusta	cumulonimbuksia
illative		cumulonimbukseen	cumulonimbuksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		cumulonimbus	cumulonimbukset
accusative	nom.	cumulonimbus	cumulonimbukset
	gen.	cumulonimbuksen
genitive		cumulonimbuksen	cumulonimbusten cumulonimbuksien
partitive		cumulonimbusta	cumulonimbuksia
inessive		cumulonimbuksessa	cumulonimbuksissa
elative		cumulonimbuksesta	cumulonimbuksista
illative		cumulonimbukseen	cumulonimbuksiin
adessive		cumulonimbuksella	cumulonimbuksilla
ablative		cumulonimbukselta	cumulonimbuksilta
allative		cumulonimbukselle	cumulonimbuksille
essive		cumulonimbuksena	cumulonimbuksina
translative		cumulonimbukseksi	cumulonimbuksiksi
instructive		—	cumulonimbuksin
abessive		cumulonimbuksetta	cumulonimbuksitta
comitative		—	cumulonimbuksineen

Possessive forms of cumulonimbus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	cumulonimbukseni	cumulonimbuksemme
2nd person	cumulonimbuksesi	cumulonimbuksenne
3rd person	cumulonimbuksensa

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cumulo-nimbus.

Noun

cumulonimbus m (uncountable)

1. cumulonimbus

Declension

declension of cumulonimbus (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cumulonimbus	cumulonimbusul
genitive/dative	(unui) cumulonimbus	cumulonimbusului
vocative	cumulonimbusule

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Spanish

Noun

cumulonimbus m (plural cumulonimbus)

1. cumulonimbus