altostratus

altostratus

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Noun

altostratus (plural altostrati)

1. (physics, meteorology) A principal medium-level cloud type in the form of a gray or bluish (never white) sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance.

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) As.

Translations

cloud type

Chinese: Cantonese: 高層雲, 高层云 (gau1cang4wan4) Mandarin: 高層雲／高层云 (zh) (gāocéngyún) Finnish: verhopilvi French: altostratus (fr) m Greek: υψίστρωμα (el) n (ypsístroma) Icelandic: gráblika (is) f Italian: altostrato m Japanese: 高層雲 (こうそううん, kōsōun), 朧雲 (おぼろぐも, oborogumo) Latin: altostratus m, nubes altostrata f Polish: altostratus (pl) m Portuguese: alto-estrato m, altostratus m, altostrato m Russian: высоко-слои́стая f (vysoko-sloístaja) Serbo-Croatian: altostratus (sh) m Spanish: altostrato m

References

• FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents.

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin altostratus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltoˌstrɑtus/, [ˈɑlt̪o̞ˌs̠t̪rɑt̪us̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑtus
• Syllabification^(key): al‧to‧stra‧tus

Noun

altostratus

1. Synonym of verhopilvi (“altostratus”)

Declension

Inflection of altostratus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		altostratus	altostratukset
genitive		altostratuksen	altostratusten altostratuksien
partitive		altostratusta	altostratuksia
illative		altostratukseen	altostratuksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		altostratus	altostratukset
accusative	nom.	altostratus	altostratukset
	gen.	altostratuksen
genitive		altostratuksen	altostratusten altostratuksien
partitive		altostratusta	altostratuksia
inessive		altostratuksessa	altostratuksissa
elative		altostratuksesta	altostratuksista
illative		altostratukseen	altostratuksiin
adessive		altostratuksella	altostratuksilla
ablative		altostratukselta	altostratuksilta
allative		altostratukselle	altostratuksille
essive		altostratuksena	altostratuksina
translative		altostratukseksi	altostratuksiksi
instructive		—	altostratuksin
abessive		altostratuksetta	altostratuksitta
comitative		—	altostratuksineen

Possessive forms of altostratus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	altostratukseni	altostratuksemme
2nd person	altostratuksesi	altostratuksenne
3rd person	altostratuksensa

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Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English altostratus. Ultimately from Latin altō+ strātus.[1][2] First attested in 1893.[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.tɔsˈtra.tus/

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• Rhymes: -atus
• Syllabification: al‧tos‧tra‧tus

Noun

altostratus m inan or m anim[4]

1. (meteorology) altostratus

Declension

Declension of altostratus

	singular	plural
nominative	altostratus	altostratusy
genitive	altostratusa	altostratusów
dative	altostratusowi	altostratusom
accusative	altostratus	altostratusy
instrumental	altostratusem	altostratusami
locative	altostratusie	altostratusach
vocative	altostratusie	altostratusy

References

1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “altostratus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
3. Sprawozdania‎, volume 30, 1893, page 267
4. “altostratus”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

altostratus m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of alto-estrato

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Romanian

Etymology

From French altostratus.

Noun

altostratus m (uncountable)

1. altostratus

Declension

declension of altostratus (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) altostratus	altostratusul
genitive/dative	(unui) altostratus	altostratusului
vocative	altostratusule

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

altostratus m (Cyrillic spelling алтостратус)

1. (physics) altostratus