nebula

English

An emission nebula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) (Modern Greek νεφέλη (neféli)), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky", heaven”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: neb'jə-lə, IPA(key): /ˈnebjələ/
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Noun

nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas)

  1. (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
  2. (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
  3. (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine

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Noun

nebula (plural nebulas)

  1. fog, mist, haze
  2. (pathology) nebula

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nebula. Doublet of nebbia, which was inherited.

Noun

nebula f (plural nebule)

  1. (archaic) fog, mist; cloud
  2. nebula

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), νεφέλη (nephélē), Old High German nebul, Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛ.bʊ.ɫa]

Noun

nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension

  1. fog
  2. cloud
  3. vapor
  4. vocative singular of nebula

nebulā f

  1. ablative singular of nebula

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nebula nebulae
genitive nebulae nebulārum
dative nebulae nebulīs
accusative nebulam nebulās
ablative nebulā nebulīs
vocative nebula nebulae

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