# nimbus
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɪm.bəs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪmbəs

### Noun

nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)
* A circle of light; a halo.
* A gray rain cloud.

#### Usage notes

* (circle of light): In heraldry and art, a nimbus may be considered distinct from a halo. The term halo can refer to an open ring of light or of gold behind the head of a saint, while nimbus refers to a solid disk of light or gold.

#### Synonyms

* (circle of light): halo

#### Related terms

* nimbed

#### Translations
### See also

* halo

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* nimbe

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus. Doublet of nimbe.

### Noun

nimbus m (invariable)
* nimbus (cloud)

### Further reading

* “nimbus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnimbus/, [ˈnimbus̠]
* Rhymes: -imbus
* Hyphenation: nim‧bus

### Noun

nimbus
* Synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nimbus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nimbukseni
nimbukseni
accusative
nom.
nimbukseni
nimbukseni
gen.
nimbukseni
genitive
nimbukseni
nimbusteni nimbuksieni
partitive
nimbustani
nimbuksiani
inessive
nimbuksessani
nimbuksissani
elative
nimbuksestani
nimbuksistani
illative
nimbukseeni
nimbuksiini
adessive
nimbuksellani
nimbuksillani
ablative
nimbukseltani
nimbuksiltani
allative
nimbukselleni
nimbuksilleni
essive
nimbuksenani
nimbuksinani
translative
nimbuksekseni
nimbuksikseni
abessive
nimbuksettani
nimbuksittani
instructive
comitative
—nimbuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nimbuksesi
nimbuksesi
accusative
nom.
nimbuksesi
nimbuksesi
gen.
nimbuksesi
genitive
nimbuksesi
nimbustesi nimbuksiesi
partitive
nimbustasi
nimbuksiasi
inessive
nimbuksessasi
nimbuksissasi
elative
nimbuksestasi
nimbuksistasi
illative
nimbukseesi
nimbuksiisi
adessive
nimbuksellasi
nimbuksillasi
ablative
nimbukseltasi
nimbuksiltasi
allative
nimbuksellesi
nimbuksillesi
essive
nimbuksenasi
nimbuksinasi
translative
nimbukseksesi
nimbuksiksesi
abessive
nimbuksettasi
nimbuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—nimbuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nimbuksemme
nimbuksemme
accusative
nom.
nimbuksemme
nimbuksemme
gen.
nimbuksemme
genitive
nimbuksemme
nimbustemme nimbuksiemme
partitive
nimbustamme
nimbuksiamme
inessive
nimbuksessamme
nimbuksissamme
elative
nimbuksestamme
nimbuksistamme
illative
nimbukseemme
nimbuksiimme
adessive
nimbuksellamme
nimbuksillamme
ablative
nimbukseltamme
nimbuksiltamme
allative
nimbuksellemme
nimbuksillemme
essive
nimbuksenamme
nimbuksinamme
translative
nimbukseksemme
nimbuksiksemme
abessive
nimbuksettamme
nimbuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—nimbuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nimbuksenne
nimbuksenne
accusative
nom.
nimbuksenne
nimbuksenne
gen.
nimbuksenne
genitive
nimbuksenne
nimbustenne nimbuksienne
partitive
nimbustanne
nimbuksianne
inessive
nimbuksessanne
nimbuksissanne
elative
nimbuksestanne
nimbuksistanne
illative
nimbukseenne
nimbuksiinne
adessive
nimbuksellanne
nimbuksillanne
ablative
nimbukseltanne
nimbuksiltanne
allative
nimbuksellenne
nimbuksillenne
essive
nimbuksenanne
nimbuksinanne
translative
nimbukseksenne
nimbuksiksenne
abessive
nimbuksettanne
nimbuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—nimbuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nimbuksensa
nimbuksensa
accusative
nom.
nimbuksensa
nimbuksensa
gen.
nimbuksensa
genitive
nimbuksensa
nimbustensa nimbuksiensa
partitive
nimbustaan nimbustansa
nimbuksiaan nimbuksiansa
inessive
nimbuksessaan nimbuksessansa
nimbuksissaan nimbuksissansa
elative
nimbuksestaan nimbuksestansa
nimbuksistaan nimbuksistansa
illative
nimbukseensa
nimbuksiinsa
adessive
nimbuksellaan nimbuksellansa
nimbuksillaan nimbuksillansa
ablative
nimbukseltaan nimbukseltansa
nimbuksiltaan nimbuksiltansa
allative
nimbukselleen nimbuksellensa
nimbuksilleen nimbuksillensa
essive
nimbuksenaan nimbuksenansa
nimbuksinaan nimbuksinansa
translative
nimbuksekseen nimbukseksensa
nimbuksikseen nimbuksiksensa
abessive
nimbuksettaan nimbuksettansa
nimbuksittaan nimbuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—nimbuksineen nimbuksinensa :

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈnimbus/ [ˈnim.bʊs]
* Rhymes: -imbus
* Syllabification: nim‧bus

### Noun

nimbus (plural nimbus-nimbus)
* nimbus:
** (Catholicism) a circle of light; a halo, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
** (geology) a gray rain cloud.
* halo

### Further reading

* “nimbus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”) with an *-n- infix, but the formal details are disputed. Possibly contaminated either by a zero-grade variant *imbus or by the related word imber (“rain”), if not borrowed from another Indo-European language. Cognates include Latin nebula, Proto-Slavic *nebo (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas, “sky”) and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnɪmbʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnimbus]

### Noun

nimbus m (genitive nimbī); second declension
* rainstorm, rain shower
* rain cloud, thunder cloud, storm cloud
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.51–52:nimbōrum in patriam, loca fēta furentibus Austrīs, Aeoliam venit.In the homeland of storm clouds, a place teeming with raging South winds, [Queen Juno] reached Aeolia. (See Aeolia (mythical island); Anemoi.)
* cloud
* halo (visible aura of divine power)
* throng
* (figuratively) calamity, tempest

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: nimbe, nimbus
* → English: nimbus
* French: nimbe
* Istriot: nenbo
* Italian: nembo, nimbo
* Portuguese: nimbo
* Russian: нимб (nimb)
* Spanish: nimbo
* Venetan: nenbo

#### See also

* nebula
* nūbēs
* nūbifer
* nūbigena
* nūbilum
* nūbilus

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nimbus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
* “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "nimbus", 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)
* nimbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɲim.bus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -imbus
* Syllabification: nim‧bus

### Noun

nimbus m inan
* nimbus (rain cloud)
* (archaic, art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)
    Synonyms: aureola, gloria, nimb

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French nimbus.

### Noun

nimbus m (plural nimbuși)
* nimbus

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

nimbus m (Cyrillic spelling нимбус)
* (religion) halo
* nimbus

#### Synonyms

* oreol