# 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

* enPR: neb'jə-lə, IPA: /ˈnɛbjʊlə/
* Audio (US):(file)

### 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.

#### Derived terms

* Crab Nebula
* dark nebula
* diffuse nebula
* emission nebula
* planetary nebula
* preplanetary nebula
* protoplanetary nebula
* pulsar wind nebula
* reflection nebula
* solar nebula
* stellar nebula

#### Related terms

* nebulosity
* nebulous
* nebular

#### See also

* plerion
* nova remnant
* supernova remnant
* Herbig-Haro object
* Bok globule
* interstellar cloud
* intergalactic cloud
* high velocity cloud

### Anagrams

* Buelna, Nabeul, unable, unbale

## Finnish
### Etymology

Latin nebula

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnebulɑ/, [ˈne̞bulɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ebulɑ
* Hyphenation: ne‧bu‧la

### Noun

nebula
* Synonym of tähtisumu

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nebula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nebulani
nebulani
accusative
nom.
nebulani
nebulani
gen.
nebulani
genitive
nebulani
nebuloideni nebuloitteni nebulaini $^{rare}$
partitive
nebulaani
nebuloitani
inessive
nebulassani
nebuloissani
elative
nebulastani
nebuloistani
illative
nebulaani
nebuloihini
adessive
nebulallani
nebuloillani
ablative
nebulaltani
nebuloiltani
allative
nebulalleni
nebuloilleni
essive
nebulanani
nebuloinani
translative
nebulakseni
nebuloikseni
abessive
nebulattani
nebuloittani
instructive
comitative
—nebuloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nebulasi
nebulasi
accusative
nom.
nebulasi
nebulasi
gen.
nebulasi
genitive
nebulasi
nebuloidesi nebuloittesi nebulaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
nebulaasi
nebuloitasi
inessive
nebulassasi
nebuloissasi
elative
nebulastasi
nebuloistasi
illative
nebulaasi
nebuloihisi
adessive
nebulallasi
nebuloillasi
ablative
nebulaltasi
nebuloiltasi
allative
nebulallesi
nebuloillesi
essive
nebulanasi
nebuloinasi
translative
nebulaksesi
nebuloiksesi
abessive
nebulattasi
nebuloittasi
instructive
comitative
—nebuloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nebulamme
nebulamme
accusative
nom.
nebulamme
nebulamme
gen.
nebulamme
genitive
nebulamme
nebuloidemme nebuloittemme nebulaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
nebulaamme
nebuloitamme
inessive
nebulassamme
nebuloissamme
elative
nebulastamme
nebuloistamme
illative
nebulaamme
nebuloihimme
adessive
nebulallamme
nebuloillamme
ablative
nebulaltamme
nebuloiltamme
allative
nebulallemme
nebuloillemme
essive
nebulanamme
nebuloinamme
translative
nebulaksemme
nebuloiksemme
abessive
nebulattamme
nebuloittamme
instructive
comitative
—nebuloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nebulanne
nebulanne
accusative
nom.
nebulanne
nebulanne
gen.
nebulanne
genitive
nebulanne
nebuloidenne nebuloittenne nebulainne $^{rare}$
partitive
nebulaanne
nebuloitanne
inessive
nebulassanne
nebuloissanne
elative
nebulastanne
nebuloistanne
illative
nebulaanne
nebuloihinne
adessive
nebulallanne
nebuloillanne
ablative
nebulaltanne
nebuloiltanne
allative
nebulallenne
nebuloillenne
essive
nebulananne
nebuloinanne
translative
nebulaksenne
nebuloiksenne
abessive
nebulattanne
nebuloittanne
instructive
comitative
—nebuloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nebulansa
nebulansa
accusative
nom.
nebulansa
nebulansa
gen.
nebulansa
genitive
nebulansa
nebuloidensa nebuloittensa nebulainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
nebulaansa
nebuloitaan nebuloitansa
inessive
nebulassaan nebulassansa
nebuloissaan nebuloissansa
elative
nebulastaan nebulastansa
nebuloistaan nebuloistansa
illative
nebulaansa
nebuloihinsa
adessive
nebulallaan nebulallansa
nebuloillaan nebuloillansa
ablative
nebulaltaan nebulaltansa
nebuloiltaan nebuloiltansa
allative
nebulalleen nebulallensa
nebuloilleen nebuloillensa
essive
nebulanaan nebulanansa
nebuloinaan nebuloinansa
translative
nebulakseen nebulaksensa
nebuloikseen nebuloiksensa
abessive
nebulattaan nebulattansa
nebuloittaan nebuloittansa
instructive
comitative
—nebuloineen nebuloinensa :

## Interlingua
### Noun

nebula (plural nebulas)
* fog, mist, haze
* (pathology) nebula

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

nebula f (plural nebule)
* (archaic) fog, mist; cloud
* nebula

#### Related terms

* nebbia
* nebulizzare
* nebulosa

## 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). Note that despite similar pronunciation and semantics, not related to nūbēs (“cloud”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛbʊɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛːbulä]

### Noun

nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension
* fog
* cloud
* vapor
* nebula

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* cālīgō

#### Derived terms

* nebulōsus

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: negurã, negure
* Catalan: neula
* Franco-Provençal: niola
** French: nieule or nieulle (dialectal), niolu, niolerie
* Galician: nebra
* Italian: nebbia
* Occitan: nèbla
* Old Galician-Portuguese: nevoa
** Galician: néboa
** Portuguese: névoa (see there for further descendants)
* Romanian: negură
* Romansch: nebla, neabla
* Sardinian: nébida, neula
* Sicilian: negghia, nìvula
* Spanish: niebla, ⇒ neblina
* Venetan: nebia, nibia
* Borrowings:
** → English: nebula
** → Italian: nebula
** → Portuguese: nébula
** → Translingual: Nebula

### 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