"cirrus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɹəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cirrus.wav Forms: cirri [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɹəs Etymology: From Latin cirrus (“curl”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cirrus||curl}} Latin cirrus (“curl”) Head templates: {{en-noun|cirri}} cirrus (plural cirri)
  1. (botany) A tendril. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (tendril): ластар (lastar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cirrus [masculine] (Catalan), circell [masculine] (Catalan), úponek [masculine] (Czech), ĉiro (Esperanto), väänel (Estonian), köitraag (Estonian), cirro [masculine] (Galician), cirro [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cirrus-en-noun-0odFjpGM Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 27 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 26 38 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'tendril': 82 15 3
  2. (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-cirrus-en-noun-Pn8inedM Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 27 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 26 38 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Clouds Translations (cloud): طَخَاء (ṭaḵāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), cirru [masculine] (Asturian), перест облак (perest oblak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cirrus [masculine] (Catalan), 卷雲 /卷云 (gyun² wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 卷雲 /卷云 (juǎnyún) (Chinese Mandarin), řasa [feminine] (Czech), windveer (Dutch), cirrus (Dutch), vederwolk (Dutch), ciruso (Esperanto), kiudpilv (Estonian), cirruspilvi (Finnish), cirrus (Finnish), cirrus [masculine] (French), cirro [masculine] (Galician), θύσανος (thýsanos) [masculine] (Greek), पक्षाभ (pakṣābh) (Hindi), pehelyfelhő (Hungarian), klósigar [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), blikutrefjar [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), blikufjaðrir [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), vatnsklær [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), cirro [masculine] (Italian), 巻雲 (ken'un) (alt: けんうん) (Japanese), すじ雲 (sujigumo) (Japanese), cirrus [masculine] (Latin), nubes cirra [feminine] (Latin), spalvu mākonis [masculine] (Latvian), цирус (cirus) [masculine] (Macedonian), pūrerehu (Maori), iorangi (Maori), pūrehurehu (Maori), kʼos áłtʼą́ą́ʼí (Navajo), cirrus [masculine] (Polish), chmura pierzasta [feminine] (Polish), cirro [masculine] (Portuguese), пе́ристая (péristaja) [feminine] (Russian), cirro [masculine] (Spanish), ruruking alapaap (Tagalog), mây ti (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cirral, cirriferous, cirriform, stratocirrus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "sujigumo",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "cirro"
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      "sense": "cloud",
      "word": "ruruking alapaap"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "cloud",
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}

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