nuvola
See also: nùvoła
Italian
Alternative forms
- nuvolo
Etymology
From a Latin nūbila, noun use of the feminine of nūbilus (“cloudy”), from nūbēs. Cognate with Sicilian nuvula. Compare Catalan núvol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnu.vo.la/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uvola
- Hyphenation: nù‧vo‧la
Noun
nuvola f (plural nuvole, diminutive nuvolétta or (less common) nuvolìna, pejorative nuvolàccia)
- cloud
- Synonym: nube
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XXX”, in Purgatorio, lines 28–33:
- così dentro una nuvola di fiori
che da le mani angeliche saliva
e ricadeva in giù dentro e di fori- Thus in the bosom of a cloud of flowers which from those hands angelical ascended, and downward fell again inside and out
Related terms
- annuvolare / rannuvolare
- nuvolaglia
- nuvoletta
- nuvolone
- nuvolosità
- nuvoloso