nebula
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas or (obsolete) nebulæ)
- (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- Hyponyms: emission nebula, pulsar wind nebula, supernova remnant
- 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
- Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.
- (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
- (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine.
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See also
- plerion
- nova remnant
- supernova remnant
- Herbig-Haro object
- Bok globule
- interstellar cloud
- intergalactic cloud
- high velocity cloud
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nebula
- Synonym of tähtisumu
Declension
Inflection of nebula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nebula | nebulat | |
genitive | nebulan | nebuloiden nebuloitten | |
partitive | nebulaa | nebuloita | |
illative | nebulaan | nebuloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nebula | nebulat | |
accusative | nom. | nebula | nebulat |
gen. | nebulan | ||
genitive | nebulan | nebuloiden nebuloitten nebulain rare | |
partitive | nebulaa | nebuloita | |
inessive | nebulassa | nebuloissa | |
elative | nebulasta | nebuloista | |
illative | nebulaan | nebuloihin | |
adessive | nebulalla | nebuloilla | |
ablative | nebulalta | nebuloilta | |
allative | nebulalle | nebuloille | |
essive | nebulana | nebuloina | |
translative | nebulaksi | nebuloiksi | |
abessive | nebulatta | nebuloitta | |
instructive | — | nebuloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Interlingua
Noun
nebula (plural nebulas)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nebula. Doublet of nebbia, which was inherited.
Noun
nebula f (plural nebule)
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *neβelā, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), νεφέλη (nephélē), Old High German nebul, Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo).[1] Note that despite similar pronunciation and semantics, not related to nūbēs (“cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛbʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛːbulä]
Noun
nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | nebula | nebulae |
Genitive | nebulae | nebulārum |
Dative | nebulae | nebulīs |
Accusative | nebulam | nebulās |
Ablative | nebulā | nebulīs |
Vocative | nebula | nebulae |
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References
- “nebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nebula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nebula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nebula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nebula”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nebʰ-
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- Finnish terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ebulɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ebulɑ/3 syllables
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- ia:Pathology
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- la:Weather