nube

See also: ñube

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]

Noun

nube f (plural nubes)

  1. cloud

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nūbes. Cognate with Portuguese nuvem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnuβɪ]

Noun

nube f (plural nubes)

  1. cloud
  2. (computing) cloud

References

Hadza

Etymology

  • includes a suffix -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nube/

Adjective

nube m (masc. plural nubibii, fem. nubiko, fem. plural nubebee)

  1. good, nice, beautiful
    Synonym: zzie

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.be/
  • Rhymes: -ube
  • Hyphenation: nù‧be

Noun

nube f (plural nubi)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: nuvola
  2. haze

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

nūbe

  1. ablative singular of nūbēs

Verb

nūbe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of nūbō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (to cover). In Old Spanish, it was written nuve, nué.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ube
  • Syllabification: nu‧be

Noun

nube f (plural nubes)

  1. cloud
  2. multitude, or crowd (of people)
  3. baby's breath
    Synonym: velo de novia
  4. (Spain) marshmallow
    Synonyms: malvavisco, bombón
  5. (computing) the cloud
  6. cataract
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 298:
      La cerilla de los oídos, echada en los ojos, cura la nube.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “nube”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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