"cumulonimbus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/ [UK], /ˌkju.mjə.loʊˈnɪm.bəs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cumulonimbus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cumulonimbuses [plural], cumulonimbi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmbəs Etymology: From Latin cumulus (“heap”) + nimbus (“cloud”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cumulus||heap}} Latin cumulus (“heap”), {{m|la|nimbus||cloud}} nimbus (“cloud”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|cumulonimbi}} cumulonimbus (plural cumulonimbuses or cumulonimbi)
  1. (meteorology) A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms. Wikipedia link: en:cumulonimbus cloud Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology Synonyms: cumulo-nimbus Derived forms: cumulonimbiform, cumulonimbus calvus, cumulonimbus capillatus, cumulonimbus flammagenitus, cumulonimbus tuba, pyrocumulonimbus Translations (cloud): cumulonimbe [masculine] (Catalan), cumulonimbus [masculine] (Catalan), 積雨雲 (Chinese Cantonese), 积雨云 (zik¹ jyu⁵ wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 積雨雲 (Chinese Mandarin), 积雨云 (jīyǔyún) (Chinese Mandarin), cumulonimbus [masculine] (Dutch), kuuropilvi (Finnish), ukkospilvi (Finnish), cumulonimbus [masculine] (French), Kumulonimbus [masculine] (German), σωρειτομελανίας (soreitomelanías) [masculine] (Greek), skúraský [neuter] (Icelandic), þrumuský [neuter] (Icelandic), skúraflákar [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), útsynningsklakkar [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), cumulonembo [masculine] (Italian), 積乱雲 (sekiran'un) (alt: せきらんうん) (Japanese), cumulonimbus [masculine] (Latin), кумулонимбус (kumulonimbus) [masculine] (Macedonian), cúmulo-nimbo (Portuguese), cumulonimbus (Romanian), ку́чево-дождевое облако (kúčevo-doždevoje) (Russian), cumulonimbo [masculine] (Spanish), mây vũ tích (Vietnamese)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.