# nube
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* ñube

### Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]

### Noun

nube f (plural nubes)
* cloud

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nūbes. Cognate with Portuguese nuvem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnuβɪ]

### Noun

nube f (plural nubes)
* cloud
* (computing) cloud

#### Related terms

* anubrar
* nuboso

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nuve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nube”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nuve”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nube”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nube”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nube”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Hadza
### Etymology

* includes a suffix -e

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nube/

### Adjective

nube m (masc. plural nubibii, fem. nubiko, fem. plural nubebee)
* good, nice, beautiful
    Synonym: zzie

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnu.be/
* Rhymes: -ube
* Hyphenation: nù‧be

### Noun

nube f (plural nubi)
* cloud
    Synonym: nuvola
* haze

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnuː.be/, [ˈnuːbɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈnu.be/, [ˈnuːbe]

### Noun

nūbe
* ablative singular of nūbēs

### Verb

nūbe
* second-person singular present active imperative of nūbō

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). In Old Spanish, it was written nuve, nué.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ube
* Syllabification: nu‧be

### Noun

nube f (plural nubes)
* cloud
* multitude, or crowd (of people)
* baby's breath
    Synonym: velo de novia
* (Spain) marshmallow
    Synonyms: malvavisco, bombón
* (computing) the cloud
* cataract
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 298:La cerilla de los oídos, echada en los ojos, cura la nube.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* caer de las nubes
* computación en la nube
* descargar la nube
* nube de azúcar
* nube de electrones
* nube de hongo
* nube de lluvia
* nube de Oort
* nube de verano
* rabo de nube
* techo de nubes

#### Related terms

* nublado
* nublar
* nubosidad
* nuboso
* por las nubes

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “nube”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “nube”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10