altocumulus

altocumulus

English

Noun

altocumulus (plural altocumuli)

1. (physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)

Translations

cloud

Chinese: Cantonese: 高積雲／高积云, 高积云 (gou1zik1wan4) Mandarin: 高積雲／高积云 (zh) (gāojīyún) Finnish: hahtuvapilvi, altocumulus (fi) French: altocumulus (fr) m Greek: υψισωρείτης (el) m (ypsisoreítis) Italian: altocumulo (it) m Japanese: 高積雲 (こうせきうん, kōsekiun), 斑雲 (madara gumo), 羊雲 (hitsuji gumo), 叢雲 (ja) (mura kumo) Latin: altocumulus m, nubes altocumula f Macedonian: алтокумулус m (altokumulus) Polish: altocumulus (pl) m Portuguese: alto-cúmulo (pt) m Russian: высоко-кучева́я f (vysoko-kučevája) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: алтокумулус m Roman: altokumulus (sh) m Spanish: altocúmulo m

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin altocumulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltoˌkumulus/, [ˈɑlt̪o̞ˌkumulus̠]
• Rhymes: -umulus
• Syllabification^(key): al‧to‧ku‧mu‧lus

Noun

altocumulus

1. Synonym of hahtuvapilvi (“altocumulus”).

Declension

Inflection of altocumulus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		altocumulus	altocumulukset
genitive		altocumuluksen	altocumulusten altocumuluksien
partitive		altocumulusta	altocumuluksia
illative		altocumulukseen	altocumuluksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		altocumulus	altocumulukset
accusative	nom.	altocumulus	altocumulukset
	gen.	altocumuluksen
genitive		altocumuluksen	altocumulusten altocumuluksien
partitive		altocumulusta	altocumuluksia
inessive		altocumuluksessa	altocumuluksissa
elative		altocumuluksesta	altocumuluksista
illative		altocumulukseen	altocumuluksiin
adessive		altocumuluksella	altocumuluksilla
ablative		altocumulukselta	altocumuluksilta
allative		altocumulukselle	altocumuluksille
essive		altocumuluksena	altocumuluksina
translative		altocumulukseksi	altocumuluksiksi
instructive		—	altocumuluksin
abessive		altocumuluksetta	altocumuluksitta
comitative		—	altocumuluksineen

Possessive forms of altocumulus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	altocumulukseni	altocumuluksemme
2nd person	altocumuluksesi	altocumuluksenne
3rd person	altocumuluksensa

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Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English altocumulus. Ultimately from Latin altō+ cumulus.[1][2] First attested in 1895.[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.tɔ.kuˈmu.lus/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ulus
• Syllabification: al‧to‧cu‧mu‧lus

Noun

altocumulus m inan or m anim[4]

1. (meteorology) altocumulus

   chmura altocumulus ― altocumulus cloud

Declension

Declension of altocumulus

	singular	plural
nominative	altocumulus	altocumulusy
genitive	altocumulusa	altocumulusów
dative	altocumulusowi	altocumulusom
accusative	altocumulus	altocumulusy
instrumental	altocumulusem	altocumulusami
locative	altocumulusie	altocumulusach
vocative	altocumulusie	altocumulusy

References

1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “altocumulus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
3. Rozprawy Akademii Umieje̜tności Matematyczno-Przyrodniczy‎, volume 7, 1895
4. “altocumulus”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

• Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

• altocumulus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• altocumulus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French altocumulus.

Noun

altocumulus m (uncountable)

1. altocumulus

Declension

declension of altocumulus (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) altocumulus	altocumulusul
genitive/dative	(unui) altocumulus	altocumulusului
vocative	altocumulusule