Look at those nimbus clouds.
Source: tatoeba (13184182)
Nimbus
//ˈnɪm.bəs//
Synonyms for "nimbus" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
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Translations
59 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- дъждовен облак noun (rain cloud)
- нимба noun (circle of light; halo)
- ореол noun (circle of light; halo)
Catalan
1 entries- nimbe noun (circle of light; halo)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 光環 /光环 noun (circle of light; halo)
- 光輪 /光轮 noun (circle of light; halo)
- 圓光 /圆光 noun (circle of light; halo)
- 暈 /晕 noun (circle of light; halo)
Dutch
3 entries- halo noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (rain cloud)
Esperanto
1 entries- aŭreolo noun (circle of light; halo)
Finnish
3 entries- nimbus noun (rain cloud)
- sadepilvi noun (rain cloud)
- sädekehä noun (circle of light; halo)
French
2 entries- nimbe noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (rain cloud)
German
2 entries- Nimbus noun (circle of light; halo)
- Nimbus noun (rain cloud)
Indonesian
2 entries- nimbus noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (rain cloud)
Italian
1 entries- nimbo noun (circle of light; halo)
Japanese
4 entries- 光環 noun (circle of light; halo)
- 後光 noun (circle of light; halo)
- 暈 noun (circle of light; halo)
- 雨雲 noun (rain cloud)
Korean
1 entries- 난운 noun (rain cloud)
Latin
2 entries- nimbus noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (rain cloud)
Māori
2 entries- kēkēao noun (rain cloud)
- okewa noun (rain cloud)
Polish
3 entries- nimb noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (rain cloud)
Portuguese
2 entries- nimbo noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbo noun (rain cloud)
Russian
3 entries- дождево́е о́блако noun (rain cloud)
- нимб noun (circle of light; halo)
- орео́л noun (circle of light; halo)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- aureola noun (circle of light; halo)
- halo noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbus noun (circle of light; halo)
- oreol noun (circle of light; halo)
Spanish
1 entries- nimbo noun (rain cloud)
Swedish
1 entries- nimbus noun (circle of light; halo)
Tagalog
2 entries- dagim noun (rain cloud)
- ulaning alapaap noun (rain cloud)
Turkish
3 entries- ayla noun (circle of light; halo)
- hale noun (circle of light; halo)
- yağmur bulutu noun (rain cloud)
Welsh
2 entries- lleugylch noun (circle of light; halo)
- nimbws noun (rain cloud)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Most precipitation comes from nimbus clouds.
Source: tatoeba (13184186)
Cumulonimbus clouds are towering, anvil-shaped nimbus clouds responsible for heavy rain, snow, and hail.
Source: tatoeba (13184188)
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