"nimbus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɪm.bəs/ Audio: en-us-nimbus.ogg , en-au-nimbus.ogg Forms: nimbi [plural], nimbuses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmbəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|nimbus||dark cloud}} Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”), {{doublet|en|nimb}} Doublet of nimb Head templates: {{en-noun|nimbi|+}} nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)
  1. A circle of light; a halo. Categories (topical): Clouds, Heraldic charges Synonyms (circle of light): halo Translations (circle of light; halo): ореол (oreol) [feminine] (Bulgarian), нимба (nimba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nimbe [masculine] (Catalan), 暈 /晕 (yùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 光環 /光环 (guānghuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 光輪 /光轮 (guānglún) (Chinese Mandarin), 圓光 /圆光 (yuánguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), nimbus (Dutch), halo [masculine] (Dutch), sädekehä (Finnish), nimbe [masculine] (French), Nimbus [masculine] (German), nimbus (Indonesian), nimbo [masculine] (Italian), 後光 (gokō) (alt: ごこう) (Japanese), (kasa) (alt: かさ) (Japanese), 光環 (kōkan) (alt: こうかん) (Japanese), nimbus [masculine] (Latin), nimb [masculine] (Polish), nimbus [masculine] (Polish), nimbo [masculine] (Portuguese), нимб (nimb) [masculine] (Russian), орео́л (oreól) [masculine] (Russian), нимбус [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ореол [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), светокруг [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ауреола [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), хало [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), nimbus [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), oreol [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svetokrug [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), aureola [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), halo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), nimbus [common-gender] (Swedish), ayla (Turkish), hale (Turkish), lleugylch [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. A gray rain cloud. Translations (rain cloud): дъждовен облак (dǎždoven oblak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 雨雲 /雨云 (yǔyún) (Chinese Mandarin), nimbus [masculine] (Dutch), sadepilvi (Finnish), nimbus (Finnish), nimbus [masculine] (French), Nimbus [masculine] (German), nimbus (Indonesian), 雨雲 (amagumo) (alt: あまぐも) (Japanese), nimbus [masculine] (Latin), okewa (Maori), kēkēao (Maori), nimbus [masculine] (Polish), nimbo [masculine] (Portuguese), дождево́е о́блако (doždevóje óblako) [neuter] (Russian), nimbo [masculine] (Spanish), dagim (Tagalog), ulaning alapaap (Tagalog), yağmur bulutu (Turkish), nimbws [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-nimbus-en-noun-v1CghQwx Disambiguation of 'rain cloud': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nimbed, halo

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "doždevóje óblako",
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          "word": "дождево́е о́блако"
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          "sense": "rain cloud",
          "word": "ulaning alapaap"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "yağmur bulutu"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "暈 /晕"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānghuán",
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      "word": "光環 /光环"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānglún",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánguāng",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "圓光 /圆光"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "sädekehä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gokō",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "後光"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasa",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "暈"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうかん",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "光環"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nimb",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "орео́л"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "нимбус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "ауреола"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "хало"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oreol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svetokrug"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aureola"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "halo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "ayla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "word": "hale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "circle of light; halo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lleugylch"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎždoven oblak",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дъждовен облак"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔyún",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "雨雲 /雨云"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "sadepilvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あまぐも",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amagumo",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "雨雲"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "okewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "kēkēao"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doždevóje óblako",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дождево́е о́блако"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "dagim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "ulaning alapaap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "word": "yağmur bulutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rain cloud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nimbws"
    }
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  "word": "nimbus"
}

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