# cirrus
## English
### Etymology

From Latin cirrus (“curl”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪɹəs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪɹəs

### Noun

cirrus (plural cirri)
* (botany) A tendril.
* (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
* (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
** 1952, Ernest Hemingway, The old man and the sea, Harper Perennial classics, published 2014, page 282:He looked at the sky and saw the white cumulus built like friendly piles of ice cream and high above where the thin feathers of the cirrus against the high September sky.
** 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 15:The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.

#### Derived terms

* cirral
* cirriferous
* cirriform
* stratocirrus

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus. Doublet of cerro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsi.rus]

### Noun

cirrus m (invariable)
* (botany) cirrus, tendril
    Synonym: circell
* (zoology) cirrus (tendril-like appendage)
* (meteorology) cirrus (cloud)

### Further reading

* “cirrus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “cirrus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “cirrus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “cirrus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From New Latin cirrus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsirːus/, [ˈs̠irːus̠]
* Rhymes: -irːus
* Hyphenation: cir‧rus

### Noun

cirrus
* cirrus (type of cloud)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of cirrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cirrukseni
cirrukseni
accusative
nom.
cirrukseni
cirrukseni
gen.
cirrukseni
genitive
cirrukseni
cirrusteni cirruksieni
partitive
cirrustani
cirruksiani
inessive
cirruksessani
cirruksissani
elative
cirruksestani
cirruksistani
illative
cirrukseeni
cirruksiini
adessive
cirruksellani
cirruksillani
ablative
cirrukseltani
cirruksiltani
allative
cirrukselleni
cirruksilleni
essive
cirruksenani
cirruksinani
translative
cirruksekseni
cirruksikseni
abessive
cirruksettani
cirruksittani
instructive
comitative
—cirruksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cirruksesi
cirruksesi
accusative
nom.
cirruksesi
cirruksesi
gen.
cirruksesi
genitive
cirruksesi
cirrustesi cirruksiesi
partitive
cirrustasi
cirruksiasi
inessive
cirruksessasi
cirruksissasi
elative
cirruksestasi
cirruksistasi
illative
cirrukseesi
cirruksiisi
adessive
cirruksellasi
cirruksillasi
ablative
cirrukseltasi
cirruksiltasi
allative
cirruksellesi
cirruksillesi
essive
cirruksenasi
cirruksinasi
translative
cirrukseksesi
cirruksiksesi
abessive
cirruksettasi
cirruksittasi
instructive
comitative
—cirruksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cirruksemme
cirruksemme
accusative
nom.
cirruksemme
cirruksemme
gen.
cirruksemme
genitive
cirruksemme
cirrustemme cirruksiemme
partitive
cirrustamme
cirruksiamme
inessive
cirruksessamme
cirruksissamme
elative
cirruksestamme
cirruksistamme
illative
cirrukseemme
cirruksiimme
adessive
cirruksellamme
cirruksillamme
ablative
cirrukseltamme
cirruksiltamme
allative
cirruksellemme
cirruksillemme
essive
cirruksenamme
cirruksinamme
translative
cirrukseksemme
cirruksiksemme
abessive
cirruksettamme
cirruksittamme
instructive
comitative
—cirruksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cirruksenne
cirruksenne
accusative
nom.
cirruksenne
cirruksenne
gen.
cirruksenne
genitive
cirruksenne
cirrustenne cirruksienne
partitive
cirrustanne
cirruksianne
inessive
cirruksessanne
cirruksissanne
elative
cirruksestanne
cirruksistanne
illative
cirrukseenne
cirruksiinne
adessive
cirruksellanne
cirruksillanne
ablative
cirrukseltanne
cirruksiltanne
allative
cirruksellenne
cirruksillenne
essive
cirruksenanne
cirruksinanne
translative
cirrukseksenne
cirruksiksenne
abessive
cirruksettanne
cirruksittanne
instructive
comitative
—cirruksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cirruksensa
cirruksensa
accusative
nom.
cirruksensa
cirruksensa
gen.
cirruksensa
genitive
cirruksensa
cirrustensa cirruksiensa
partitive
cirrustaan cirrustansa
cirruksiaan cirruksiansa
inessive
cirruksessaan cirruksessansa
cirruksissaan cirruksissansa
elative
cirruksestaan cirruksestansa
cirruksistaan cirruksistansa
illative
cirrukseensa
cirruksiinsa
adessive
cirruksellaan cirruksellansa
cirruksillaan cirruksillansa
ablative
cirrukseltaan cirrukseltansa
cirruksiltaan cirruksiltansa
allative
cirrukselleen cirruksellensa
cirruksilleen cirruksillensa
essive
cirruksenaan cirruksenansa
cirruksinaan cirruksinansa
translative
cirruksekseen cirrukseksensa
cirruksikseen cirruksiksensa
abessive
cirruksettaan cirruksettansa
cirruksittaan cirruksittansa
instructive
comitative
—cirruksineen cirruksinensa :

#### Synonyms

* cirruspilvi
* untuvapilvi

#### Derived terms

* cirruspilvi

### Further reading

* “cirrus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Latin
### Etymology

The origin is unknown. There are no definitive cognates in other Indo-European languages. Compare Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkir.rus/, [ˈkɪrːʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃir.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃirːus]

### Noun

cirrus m (genitive cirrī); second declension
* a curl
* the fringe of clothes
* the tentacle of an octopus
* the mane, especially the forelock, of a horse

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: cerro
* Galician: cerro
* Italian: cirro
* Portuguese: cerro
* Spanish: cerro

### References

* “cirrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “cirrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "cirrus", 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)
* “cirrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “cirrus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sir.rus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -irrus
* Syllabification: cir‧rus

### Noun

cirrus m animal
* (meteorology) cirrus (type of cloud)
    Synonym: chmura pierzasta

#### Declension
### Further reading

* cirrus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* cirrus in Polish dictionaries at PWN