cirrostratus

English

Cirrostratus undulatus

Etymology

From Latin cirrus and stratus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsɪɹəˈstɹeɪtəs/
Rhymes: -eɪtəs
Hyphenation: ci‧rro‧stra‧tus

Noun

cirrostratus (plural cirrostrati)

(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Abbreviated Cs.

Translations

cloud

Chinese:
Cantonese: 捲層雲, 卷层云 (gyun²cang⁴wan⁴)

Mandarin: 捲層雲 (zh), 卷层云 (zh) (juǎncéngyún)
French: cirrostratus (fr) m
German: Schleierwolke f, Zirrostratus f
Hungarian: fátyolfelhő (hu)

Icelandic: blika f, skýjablika f
Japanese: 巻層雲 (ja) (けんそううん, kensōun)
Latin: cirrostratus m, nubes cirrostrata f
Maori: pīpipi, pipi
Russian: перисто-слои́стая f (peristo-sloístaja)

References

Source: FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents

Anagrams

stratocirrus

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