"nuée" meaning in All languages combined

See nuée on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /nɥe/ Forms: nuées [plural]
Etymology: From nue + -ée. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|nue|-ée}}, {{af|fr|nue|-ée}} nue + -ée Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} nuée f (plural nuées)
  1. (chiefly formal or literary) thick cloud Tags: feminine, formal, literary
    Sense id: en-nuée-fr-noun-0andscO5 Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -ée Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ée: 13 46 40
  2. cloud (of arrows, insects) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-nuée-fr-noun-uJVRwNut Categories (other): French entries referencing ambiguous etymons, French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French terms suffixed with -ée, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 6 45 48 Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 6 43 51 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 6 46 49 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ée: 13 46 40 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 43 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 44 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 48 48
  3. horde, host, swarm (of people, birds, enemies etc.) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-nuée-fr-noun-QJJ0qV27 Categories (other): French entries referencing ambiguous etymons, French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ée, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 6 45 48 Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 6 43 51 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 6 46 49 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 39 58 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ée: 13 46 40 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 43 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 44 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 48 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nuée ardente

Noun [Norman]

Forms: nuées [plural]
Head templates: {{head|nrf|noun|||plural|nuées||||||{{{3}}}|f2accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=}} nuée f (plural nuées), {{nrf-noun|f}} nuée f (plural nuées)
  1. (Jersey) cloud Tags: Jersey, feminine Synonyms: nouage

Inflected forms

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