"nebule" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nebule (not comparable)
  1. (heraldry) Alternative form of nebulé, nebuly Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: nebulé, nebuly Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-nebule-en-adj-xyK7hvpB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 76 11 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 7 9 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɛbjuːl/ Forms: nebules [plural]
Etymology: From Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”), though the first sense ("a decorative wavy pattern", as a noun) is perhaps a misunderstanding of the adjective nebulé (“wavy”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|nebula||little cloud, mist}} Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nebule (plural nebules)
  1. A decorative wavy or curly pattern; moulding of an undulating or wavy form.
    Sense id: en-nebule-en-noun-LxJ4WPNE
  2. A single dose intended to be taken using a nebulizer.
    Sense id: en-nebule-en-noun-keVEmRkh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [Esperanto]

Head templates: {{eo-head}} nebule
  1. dimly Related terms: nebulo
    Sense id: en-nebule-eo-adv-ddVDtfCX Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} nebule f
  1. plural of nebula Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: nebula
    Sense id: en-nebule-it-noun-bNfqStGU Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Middle English]

Forms: nebules [plural]
Etymology: Compare French nébule. See nebula. Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|nébule}} French nébule Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} nebule, {{enm-noun}} nebule (plural nebules)
  1. A little cloud.
    Sense id: en-nebule-enm-noun-OCwASo5d Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "c. 1415-1430, John Lydgate, Ballade in Commendation of Our Lady\nO light without nebule.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A little cloud."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "cloud",
          "cloud"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nebule"
}

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