cumulonimbus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌkju.mjə.loʊˈnɪm.bəs/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin cumulus (“heap”) + nimbus (“cloud”).
Meanings
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A cloud with a tall structure and flat base, often associated with thunderstorms.
The one to the east (which at the moment seemed to be leaping straight out of the heart of a sinister slaty-purple patch of cumulonimbus) drained the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers; that to the west a desolate rock and ice-walled valley which was rimmed by some of the highest summits in the Selkirks.
1921, Lewis R. Freeman, chapter III, in Down the Columbia:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cumulonimbi | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| cumulonimbuses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| cumulo-nimbus | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cumulonimbus tuba · pyrocumulonimbus · cumulonimbiform · cumulonimbus incus · cumulonimbus capillatus · cumulonimbus flammagenitus · cumulonimbus calvus
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (26)
es cumulonimbo (cloud) · yue 積雨雲 /积雨云 (cloud) · ro cumulonimbus (cloud) · fr cumulonimbus (cloud) · ca cumulonimbus (cloud) · fi kuuropilvi (cloud) · ru ку́чево-дождевое облако (cloud) · bg купесто-дъждовен облак (cloud) · la cumulonimbus (cloud) · pt cúmulo-nimbo (cloud) · pl cumulonimbus (cloud) · it cumulonembo (cloud) · nl cumulonimbus (cloud) · ko 적란운 (cloud) · is útsynningsklakkar (cloud) · is þrumuský (cloud) · mk кумулонимбус (cloud) · fi ukkospilvi (cloud) · el σωρειτομελανίας (cloud) · is skúraský (cloud) · de Kumulonimbus (cloud) · ja 積乱雲 (cloud) · ca cumulonimbe (cloud) · is skúraflákar (cloud) · vi mây vũ tích (cloud) · cmn 積雨雲 /积雨云 (cloud)