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Definition: Cloud |
CloudNoun1. Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible. 2. A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude. 3. Out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds". 4. Suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he was under a cloud". Verb1. Make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches.". 2. Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds". 3. Billow up in the form of a cloud: "The smoke clouded above the houses". 4. Make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness". 5. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation". 6. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. 7. Make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cloud" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Cloud The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33:9; Num. 11:25; 12:5; Job 22:14; Ps. 18:11). A "cloud without rain" is a proverbial saying, denoting a man who does not keep his promise (Prov. 16:15; Isa. 18:4; 25:5; Jude 1:12). A cloud is the figure of that which is transitory (Job 30:15; Hos. 6:4). A bright cloud is the symbolical seat of the Divine presence (Ex.29:42, 43; 1 Kings 8:10; 2 Chr. 5:14; Ezek. 43:4), and was called the Shechinah (q.v.). Jehovah came down upon Sinai in a cloud (Ex. 19:9); and the cloud filled the court around the tabernacle in the wilderness so that Moses could not enter it (Ex. 40:34, 35). At the dedication of the temple also the cloud "filled the house of the Lord" (1 Kings 8:10). Thus in like manner when Christ comes the second time he is described as coming "in the clouds" (Matt. 17:5; 24:30; Acts 1:9, 11). False teachers are likened unto clouds carried about with a tempest (2 Pet. 2:17). The infirmities of old age, which come one after another, are compared by Solomon to "clouds returning after the rain" (Eccl. 12:2). The blotting out of sins is like the sudden disappearance of threatening clouds from the sky (Isa. 44:22). Cloud, the pillar of, was the glory-cloud which indicated God's presence leading the ransomed people through the wilderness (Ex. 13:22; 33:9, 10). This pillar preceded the people as they marched, resting on the ark (Ex. 13:21; 40:36). By night it became a pillar of fire (Num. 9:17-23). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Geography | Visible aggregate of minute particles of liquid water or ice, or of both together, in suspension in the atmosphere. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Cloud A dark spot on the forehead of a horse between the eyes. A white spot is called a star, and an elongated star is a blaze. (See Blaze ) "Agrippa He [Antony] has a cloud on his face. Enobarbus. He were the worse for that were he a horse" Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra, iii 2 Cloud (St.). Patron saint of nailsmiths, by a play upon the French word clou, a nail. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Post & Telecom | A mode of operation in which each packet of data transmitted on a network is encoded with information sufficient to permit delivery without additional equipment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CLOUD. Tobacco. Under a cloud; in adversity. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Weather | A visible mass of condensed water vapor particles or ice suspended above the Earth's surface. Clouds may be classified on their visible appearance, height, or form. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A cloud is a visible mass of condensed water droplets suspended in the atmosphere above Earth's (or another planetary body's) surface.
The condensing water vapor forms small droplets of water (0.012 mm) or ice crystals that, when surrounded with billions of other droplets or crystals, are visible as clouds. Clouds reflect all light and are white, but they can appear grey or even black if they are so thick or dense that sunlight cannot pass through.
Clouds on other planets often consist of material other than water, depending on local atmospheric conditions (what gases are present, and the temperature).
Cloud creation
Clouds form in areas where moist air rises and cools. This can happen
The actual form of cloud created depends on the strength of the uplift and on air stability. In unstable conditions convection dominates, creating vertically developed clouds. Stable air produces clouds created through turbulence alone, creating massive bulbous cloud forms. Frontal uplift creates various cloud forms depending on the composition of the front (ana-type or kata-type warm or cold front). Orographic uplift also creates variable cloud forms depending on air stability, although cap and wave clouds are specific to orographic clouds.
- along warm and cold fronts,
- where air flows up the side of a mountain and cools as it rises higher into the atmosphere (orographic uplift),
- and when warm air blows over a colder surface such as a cool body of water.
Cloud Classification
Clouds are divided into two general categories: sheet-like and layer-like. These are named stratus clouds (or stratiform, the Latin stratus means layer) and cumulus clouds (or cumiloform, cumulus means piled up). These two cloud types are divided into four more groups that distinguish the cloud's altitude.
High clouds (Family A)
These form above 16,500 feet, in the cold region of the troposphere. They are denoted by the prefix cirro- or cirrus. At this altitude water almost always freezes so clouds are composed of ice crystals. The clouds tend to be wispy, and are often transparent.Clouds in Family A include:
A contrail is a long thin cloud which develops as the result of the passage of a jet airplane at high altitudes.
- Cirrus
- Cirrus Uncinus
- Cirrus Kelvin-Helmholtz
- Cirrostratus
- Cirrocumulus
- Cumulonimbus with Mammatus
- Cumulonimbus with Pileus
- Contrail
Middle clouds (Family B)
These develop between 6,500 and 16,500 feet and are denoted by the prefix alto-. They are made of water droplets, and are frequently supercooled.Clouds in Family B include:
- Altostratus
- Altostratus Undulatus
- Altocumulus
- Altocumulus Undulatus
- Altocumulus Mackerel Sky
- Altocumulus Castellanus
- Altocumulus Lenticularis
Low clouds (Family C)
These are found up to 6,500 feet and include the stratus (dense and grey). When stratus clouds contact the ground they are called fog.Coulds in Family C include:
- Stratus
- Cumulus Humilis
- Cumulus Mediocris
- Stratocumulus
Vertical clouds (Family D)
These clouds can have strong upcurrents, rise far above their bases and can form at many heights.Clouds in Family D include:
- Cumulonimbus (associated with heavy precipitation and thunderstorms)
- Cumulus Congestus
- Pyrocumulus
- Cumulonimbus Incus
- Cumulonimbus Calvus
- Cumulonimbus with Mammatus
See also:
cloud albedo, cloud feedback, fog, cloud forcing, precipitation, cloud base, coalescence, tornado, hurricane, monsoon, thunderstorm
External Link
- Australia Severe Weather: cloud classification system Lots of photos (small)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cloud."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Originally "nebula" (Greek for "cloud"; plur. nebulae) was a catch-all name for any extended astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way. This occasionally survives, but the stricter modern term is used for interstellar clouds of dust and gas, which are categorized by how they are illuminated.
The Triangulum emission nebula (NGC604) lies in a spiral arm of galaxy M33, 2.7 million light-years from Earth. This nebula ia a region in which stars are forming.
Larger version
Some types of nebula have special names, such as dark nebulae, emission nebulae, planetary nebulae, reflection nebulae, and solar nebulae.
See also:
- Timeline of the interstellar medium and intergalactic medium
- Crab nebula
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nebula."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CLA | English | Cloud Analysis | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CloudSynonyms: becloud (v), befog (v), corrupt (v), dapple (v), defile (v), fog (v), haze over (v), mist (v), mottle (v), obscure (v), overcast (v), sully (v), taint (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: clear up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adversity | Pressure of the times, iron age, evil day, time out of joint; hard times, bad times, sad times; rainy day, cloud, dark cloud, gathering clouds, ill wind; visitation, infliction; affliction; (painfulness); bitter pill; care, trial; the sport of fortune. |
Ambush | Screen, cover, shade, blinker; veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud. |
Assemblage | Volley, shower, storm, cloud. |
Gaseity | Elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus; cloud; ammonia, ammoniacal gas; volatile alkali; vacuum, partial vacuum. |
Multitude | Noun: mul numerous; Adjective: numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion; (plenty); legion, host; great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd; (assemblage); lots; all in the world and his wife. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Concealed within his fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all. His gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) A trillion tons of rock and dust were thrown into the atmosphere, creating a cloud the sun was powerless to penetrate for a thousand years (Armageddon; writing credit: Robert Roy Pool; Jonathan Hensleigh) Traffic is thicker than a cloud of meteors today (The Jetsons; writing credit: Aarne Tarkas) They're redoing the Cloud Club (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) A cloud floated right into my soup plate (Dinner at Eight; writing credit: George S. Kaufman; Edna Ferber) | |
Lyrics | Hey, you, get offa my cloud (GET OFF OF MY CLOUD; performing artist: The Rolling Stones) And I took to cloud nine (Cloud Nine; performing artist: The Temptations) Not a cloud in the sky (Top Of The World; performing artist: Carpenters) Like a dark cloud on a crowded stage (Dreamtime; performing artist: Daryl Hall) A magic mushroom cloud of care (I Did It; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) | |
Clever | Worry pulls tomorrow's cloud over today's sunshine. (references; author: unknown) There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Get Off My Cloud (1969) Cloud in the Sky (1940) Under a Cloud (1937) The Cloud Dodger (1928) A Broken Cloud (1915) | |
Song Titles | Get Off of My Cloud (performing artist: The Rolling Stones) Cloud Nine (performing artist: The Temptations) | |
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 | Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11. Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S. Credit: NASA. |  | Supernova SN1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA. |
 | N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA. |  | NGC 3132 is a striking example of a planetary nebula. This expanding cloud of gas surrounding ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Clusters of stars and a fishhook-shaped cloud of luminescent gases glow brilliantly in NGC ... Credit: NASA. |  | Stellar formation in the Papillon Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA. |
 | Sodium cloud surrounding Io. Credit: NASA. |  | Overhead view of Hurricane Andrew on 25 August 1992 at 20:20 UT.The cloud data are from GOES-7 (Geostationary OperationalEnvironmental Satellite), while the vegetation is derived from AVHRR(Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers). Credit: NASA. |
 | These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands. Their color variations are probably due to differences in temperature and in the size of water droplets that make up the clouds. Credit: NASA. |  | 103-foot light stand at Station Red Cloud. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "A different type of snow cloud" by Nathan Sudds Commentary: "These clouds almost appeared like snow when we were dropping altittude as we approached Toronto, Ontario via plane <br> <br>Camera: Canon SD 10 4.0 MB." | "Sky and cloud" by Gabyu@noos.fr Commentary: "During the day, some few clouds over Paris." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna | The quantity of books in a person's library, is often a cloud of witnesses to the ignorance of the owner. |
Doris Christensen | Night coming in like a black, silk cloud, silently folding itself around us. |
J. Brown | Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction, and oft the cloud that wraps the present hour serves but to brighten all our future days. |
Kamo No Chomei | My body is like a drifting cloud -- I ask for nothing, I want nothing. |
Pythagoras | Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself. |
Thomas Otway | Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em. |
William Blake | My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud. |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | When the cloud of dust had cleared away, and the line was once more visible, we saw with thankful hearts that the child and his deliverer were safe |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | An unvaried pall of cloud muffled the whole expanse of sky from zenith to horizon |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jean Valjean, suddenly growing grand, arose from the cloud. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The stars began to crumble and a cloud of fine stardust fell through space |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | A thin blade of moon was low in the sky toward the west, and the long cloud of the milky way trailed clearly overhead |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Take shelter under the cloud, while they flee to carts and sheds |
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Health | This can start to cloud small areas of the lens, blocking some light from reaching the retina and interfering with vision. (references) | |
Fragile, new blood vessels grow along the retina and in the clear, gel-like vitreous that fills the inside of the eye. Without timely treatment, these new blood vessels can bleed, cloud vision, and destroy the retina. (references) | ||
The cloudiness may affect only a small part of the lens. However, over time, the cataract may grow larger and cloud more of the lens, making it harder to see. Because less light reaches the retina, your vision may become dull and blurry. (references) | ||
Economic History | Ireland | The most threatening storm cloud is inflation. (references) |
India | The investment dispute between U.S.-owned Dabhol Power Company and Maharashtra State Electricity Board has cast a cloud over India's foreign investment climate. (references) | |
Cape Verde | The average precipitation per year in Praia is 24 centimeters (9.5 in.). During the winter, storms blowing from the Sahara sometimes cloud the sky, but sunny days are the norm year round. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude. |
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| "Cloud" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.44% of the time. "Cloud" is used about 2,035 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.44% | 1,881 | 4,542 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.58% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.85% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.13% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,035 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cloud" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cloud | Last name | 5,000 | 2,306 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "cloud". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Abdeel | N/A | Biblical | A cloud of God |
| Abdon | N/A | Biblical | Cloud of judgment |
| Adaliah | N/A | Biblical | Cloud |
| Adbeel | N/A | Biblical | Cloud of God |
| Admatha | N/A | Biblical | A cloud of death |
| Aenon | N/A | Biblical | A cloud |
| Anani | N/A | Biblical | A cloud |
| Ananias | N/A | Biblical | The cloud of the Lord |
| Annas | N/A | Biblical | The cloud of the Lord |
| Edrei | N/A | Biblical | Cloud |
| Enan | N/A | Biblical | Cloud |
| Enon | N/A | Biblical | Cloud |
| Hazarenan | N/A | Biblical | Imprisoned cloud |
| Ophel | N/A | Biblical | Small white cloud |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Steel Cloud Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "cloud": a cloud of mosquitos ♦ a cloud of smoke ♦ altocumulus cloud ♦ altostratus cloud ♦ anvil cloud ♦ ash cloud ♦ base of cloud ♦ basic cloud formations ♦ be on cloud nine ♦ be under a cloud ♦ Black Magellanic Cloud ♦ broken cloud ♦ cap cloud ♦ cast a cloud on smth. ♦ cirrocumulus cloud ♦ cirrostratus cloud ♦ cirrus cloud ♦ cloud bank ♦ cloud base ♦ cloud base height ♦ cloud breaking procedure ♦ cloud burst ♦ cloud ceiling ♦ cloud chamber ♦ cloud character ♦ cloud chemistry ♦ cloud classification ♦ cloud County ♦ cloud cover ♦ cloud formation ♦ cloud fragments ♦ cloud genus ♦ cloud grass ♦ cloud high ♦ cloud in dissipating stage ♦ cloud Lake ♦ cloud layer ♦ cloud lift ♦ cloud nine ♦ cloud of comets ♦ cloud of dust ♦ cloud of skirmishers ♦ cloud of smoke ♦ cloud of war ♦ Cloud on a ♦ cloud over ♦ cloud resulting from explosion ♦ cloud resulting from industry ♦ cloud searchlight ♦ cloud seeder ♦ cloud seeding ♦ cloud system ♦ cloud top ♦ cloud up ♦ continuous cloud ♦ convection cloud ♦ convective cloud ♦ convention cloud ♦ cumulonimbus cloud ♦ cumulus cloud ♦ curl cloud ♦ dark cloud ♦ dense upper cloud ♦ dust cloud ♦ embedded cloud ♦ every cloud has a silver lining ♦ every cloud has its silver lining ♦ every dark cloud has a silver lining ♦ expansion cloud chamber ♦ falling cloud ♦ funnel cloud ♦ have a cloud on one's brow ♦ have one's head in the cloud ♦ height of cloud base ♦ high cloud ♦ ice cloud ♦ ice crystal cloud ♦ large Magellanic Cloud ♦ layer cloud ♦ lenticular cloud ♦ light icing in cloud ♦ magellanic Cloud ♦ moderate icing in cloud ♦ moderate turbulence in cloud ♦ mountain cloud ♦ mushroom cloud ♦ night cloud ♦ nimbus cloud ♦ noctilucent cloud ♦ nuclear cloud ♦ Oort Cloud ♦ Oort's Storage Cloud Theory ♦ orographic cloud ♦ pannus cloud ♦ pass away like a cloud ♦ pass away like a summer cloud ♦ pendant cloud ♦ plume of cloud ♦ radioactive cloud ♦ ragged cloud ♦ rain cloud. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cloud": cloud-author, cloud-bank, cloud-base, cloud-buffering, Cloud-built, cloud-burst, cloud-canals, Cloud-capped, cloud-castle, Cloud-compeller, cloud-cover, cloud-covered, cloud-cuckoo, cloud-cuckooland, cloud-cuckoo-land, cloud-dappled, cloud-drift, cloud-filled, cloud-flecked, cloud-forest, cloud-forms, cloud-free, cloud-front, cloud-futures, cloud-hidden, cloud-kissing, cloud-land, cloud-making, cloud-mist, cloud-mountain, cloud-moving, cloud-nine, cloud-pale, Cloud-piercer, cloud-piercing, cloud-point, cloud-punctuated, cloud-rack, cloud-reflecting, cloud-resting, cloud-shadows, cloud-shape, cloud-shapes, cloud-shrouded, cloud-soft, cloud-spattered, cloud-stained, cloud-streaked, cloud-top, cloud-tops, cloud-torn, Cloud-walkers, cloud-world, cloud-wreathed, cloud-wreaths. | |
Ending with "cloud": Saint-cloud, St-cloud. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cloud | 6,703 | st cloud minnesota | 139 |
red cloud | 5,064 | st cloud | 134 |
2 cloud dark | 2,072 | st cloud state | 131 |
dark cloud | 1,522 | cloud formation | 120 |
saint cloud minnesota | 1,338 | silver cloud inn | 118 |
st cloud times | 661 | painting cloud | 115 |
2 cloud dark through walk | 616 | storm cloud | 114 |
2 cheat cloud dark | 389 | cloud 10 | 106 |
cloud picture | 371 | 9 cloud shuttle | 98 |
cloud dark through walk | 344 | cloud igor red | 94 |
st cloud state university | 330 | cloud college st technical | 94 |
cheat cloud dark | 285 | castle in the cloud | 92 |
cloud strife | 229 | cloud wallpaper | 88 |
cloud type | 224 | white cloud | 88 |
st cloud mn | 211 | 2 cloud code dark | 87 |
cloud mushroom | 192 | 2 cloud dark hint | 83 |
cloud 9 | 174 | a walk in the cloud | 82 |
cloud nine | 156 | st cloud hospital | 80 |
cloud background | 152 | saint cloud florida | 78 |
red cloud password | 149 | cloud red voyeur | 75 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cloud"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | benewel (befog, bemuse, dim). (various references) | |
Albanian | vrenjtem (knit, knit one's brows), turbullohem (be troubled, become agitated, dim, thicken), tufë (batch, beam, book, bunch, clutch, Covey, crop, drove, flight, flock, funiculus, group, herd, mass, muster, parcel, plume, ream, roll, run, scads, slip, stack, swarm, troop, truss, tuft, tussock, wad), shtëllungë (bushy, Eddy, fleece, hank, plume, tow), re (overcast, re), njollos (bespatter, blacken, blemish, blot, blur, defile, dye, imbrue, smear, smirch, smudge, splash, splotch, spot, stain, sully), njollë (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, imputation, Mark, mote, nebula, patch, plash, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, taint), mjegullohem, mbuloj me re (becloud), hije (apparition, background, color, colour, dark, ghost, loom, phantasm, phantom, propriety, reflection, reflexion, shade, shadow, spirit, spook, umbra, wraith), bëhem i dyshimtë. (various references) | |
Arabic | تغيم (cloudless), أصبح موضع شبهة, عدد وافر (abundance, multiplicity), عرق داكن, عتم (blackout, darken, dip, dull, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow), سربله بالعار, بقعة داكنة, تسربل بالعار, لطخة (blot, blotch, blurring, macula, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, speckle, splash, spot, sully), حشد (assemblage, assemble, boodle, college, concentrate, concourse, confluence, crew, crowd, gather, gathering, horde, host, huddle, legion, loads of, lots of, mob, mobilize, multitude, oodles, pack, pile up, press, rabble, recall, regiment, throng), حجب بسحابة, حزن (afflict, aggrieve, anger, bale, be sorrowful, be sorry, crack, darken, depress, depression, distress, doldrums, gloom, grief, grieve, gripe, heartache, melancholy, pain, sadden, sadness, sadness pain, sorrow), غشى (mist, overlay, trance), غمامة (nebula), غيمة, سحابة. (various references) | |
Asturian | nube (storm). (various references) | |
Aymara | qenaya. (various references) | |
Basque | hodei. (various references) | |
Bemba | ikumbi. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | soksistsikó. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сянка (ghost, reflection, shade, shadow, umbrage), тълпа (concourse, cram, crowd, crush, drove, herd, host, huddle, mob, multitude, press, rabble, resort, rout, ruck, shoal, squash, throng, train, troop), очерням (blacken, denigrate, dirty, slander, vilify), облак, мътно петно, затъмнявам (adumbrate, becloud, black out, darken, eclipse, obscure, occult, outshine, out-top, shade, shadow), заоблачавам се (overcast, overcloud), забулвам се, пухкав шал за главата, помрачавам (alloy, bedim, darken, dim, dull, dusk, eclipse, nip, obfuscate, obscure, overshadow, shade, shadow, trouble). (various references) | |
Catalan | núvol. (various references) | |
Chamorro | mapagahes. (various references) | |
Chinese | 雲彩 , 雲 , 云彩. (various references) | |
Cornish | comol. (various references) | |
Czech | mrak. (various references) | |
Danish | sky (abashed, afraid, self-conscious, shy, timid). (various references) | |
Dutch | wolk. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | p'uyu (fog). (various references) | |
Esperanto | nubo, nebuligi (befog, dim). (various references) | |
Faeroese | skýggj. (various references) | |
Farsi | تیره وگرفته , توده انبوه (Lot), توده ابرومه , سایه افکن شدن , ابری شدن , ابر. (various references) | |
Finnish | pilvi. (various references) | |
French | nuage, brouiller. (various references) | |
Frisian | wolk. (various references) | |
German | Wolke (flaw, whiff), schatten (ghost, shade, shades, shadow, shadows, shaped, tail, umbrage, umbrages). (various references) | |
Greek | σύννεφο (scud, smother). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להתענן (become cloudy), להעיב (darken, obscure, overcloud), תימרה (column), עב (darkness), ענן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | felleg. (various references) | |
Icelandic | ský. (various references) | |
Indonesian | awan (avercast). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | nuvuja. (various references) | |
Irish | scamall, néal. (various references) | |
Italian | nube, nuvolo (cloudily, cloudy), nuvola. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 雲. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くも (spider), クラウド . (various references) | |
Kongo | matuti. (various references) | |
Korean | 구름. (various references) | |
Lombard | nivola. (various references) | |
Macedonian | oblak. (various references) | |
Malay | awan. (various references) | |
Manx | niaul, neeal (ashen, ashen colour, ashy, aspect, aspect of face, complexion, faint, nap, nebula, swoon), mooirjeenagh (cloudy, dark, dark as weather, dull as day, going to be wet, looks like rain, murky, overcast, threaten, watery, watery of sky), jannoo neuheelit, curthooillaghey (becoming overcast, looks like rain), cur kay er (blur, dim, fog), bodjal (film on the eye, fog). (various references) | |
Maori | kapua. (various references) | |
Maya | muunyal. (various references) | |
Norwegian | sky. (various references) | |
Occitan | nívol. (various references) | |
Papago | chewagi. (various references) | |
Papiamen | nubia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oudclay.(various references) | |
Polish | chmura. (various references) | |
Portuguese | nuvem (cloudlet). (various references) | |
Provencal | nívol. (various references) | |
Romanian | nor. (various references) | |
Romansch | nivel. (various references) | |
Romany | oblatsì. (various references) | |
Ruanda | ibicu. (various references) | |
Russian | облако. (various references) | |
Samoan | ao. (various references) | |
Scottish | neul (hue, swoon). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zamračiti (becloud, black out, darken, obfuscate, obscure), oblak, naoblačiti se. (various references) | |
Shona | gore (year). (various references) | |
Sicilian | nuvula. (various references) | |
Spanish | nube (film, mist, rain, swarm). (various references) | |
Swahili | wingu. (various references) | |
Swazi | lí-fu. (various references) | |
Swedish | moln, sky (avoid, gravy, heaven, liquor, meat juice, Shan, shun, sky). (various references) | |
Tagalog | úlap. (various references) | |
Turkish | bulut (plume). (various references) | |
Turkmen | bulut, bьremek (obscure). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сила (agency, efficacy, force, iron, muscle, nerve, pith, potence, potency, power, strength, vehemence, vigor, vigour, wealth), хмара (dust), хмаритися (gloom, lour, overcast), клуби, вкриватися хмарами (overcloud), застил, затьмарювати (alloy, begloom, blear, darken, eclipse, obfuscate, obscure, outdazzle, overcast, overcloud, overshade, overshadow, overtop, shade, shadow, shine down), завіса (butt, curtain, drapery, hinge, veil), заплямувати (imbrue), покров (cloak, cope, subterfuge), пелена (glaze, shroud). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự buồn rầu (depression, sadness, sorrow, sullenness), sống ở trên mây, muỗi đang bay, mây, bầu trời lâm vào hoàn cảnh đáng buồn, bóng đen, đoàn (band, bevy, body, gang, legion, set, troop). (various references) | |
Welsh | cymylu (dim, obscure), cwmwl. (various references) | |
Yucatec | muyal, munyal. (various references) | |
Zulu | ifu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 2. imi, lum, tilhar. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aer, aera, aere, aerem, aeris, ær, nebula, nebulae, nebulam, nebulas, nimbi, nimbus, nobe, nube, nubem, nubes, nubibus, nubicula, nubis, nubium, nubs, pura, puram, puras, purior, purissimam, purissimas, purissimi, purissimo, purissimum, puritatem, puro, purum, purus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | racu. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 1, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai tauta eipwn blepontwn autwn ephrqh kai nefelh upelaben auton apo twn ofqalmwn autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum haec dixisset videntibus illis elevatus est et nubes suscepit eum ab oculis eorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Eft he hæfde þis gesægd, wæs he gefered hiere agenum eagum beforan, and wolc him af hiere gesihðe bediglde. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne he had seid these thingis, in her siyt he was lift vp, and a cloude resseyuede him fro her iyen. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when he had spoken these thinges whyll they behelde he was take vp and a cloude receaved him vp out of their sight. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 1, Verse 9 |
| Albanian | Mbasi i tha këto gjëra, ndërsa ata po e vështronin, u ngrit lart; dhe një re e përfshiu dhe ua hoqi prej syve të tyre. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nakasulti na siya niini, samtang nanagtan-aw sila, naisa siya sa kahitas-an ug gibayaw sa usa ka panganud hawa sa ilang mga mata. |
| Croatian | Kada to reèe, bi uzdignut njima naoèigled i oblak ga ote njihovim oèima. |
| Danish | Og da han havde sagt dette, blev han optagen, medens de så derpå, og en Sky tog ham bort fra deres Øjne. |
| Dutch | En als Hij dit gezegd had, werd Hij opgenomen, daar zij het zagen, en een wolk nam Hem weg van hun ogen. |
| Finnish | Kun hän oli tämän sanonut, kohotettiin hänet ylös heidän nähtensä, ja pilvi vei hänet pois heidän näkyvistään. |
| French | Après avoir dit cela, il fut élevé pendant qu`ils le regardaient, et une nuée le déroba à leurs yeux. |
| German | Und da er solches gesagt, ward er aufgehoben zusehends, und eine Wolke nahm ihn auf vor ihren Augen weg. |
| Haitian Creole | Apre li fin di yo sa, li moute nan syèl. Antan yo t'ap gade li, yon nwaj vin bouche l' devan je yo. |
| Hungarian | És mikor ezeket mondotta, az õ láttokra felemelteték, és felhõ fogá el õt szemeik elõl. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah Yesus berkata begitu, Ia diangkat ke surga di depan mata mereka, dan awan menutupi Dia dari pandangan mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah sudah Ia bersabda demikian, maka terangkatlah Ia sedang mereka itu memandang Dia, dan suatu awan meraibkan Dia daripada penglihatan mereka itu. |
| Italian | Detto questo, fu elevato in alto sotto i loro occhi e una nube lo sottrasse al loro sguardo. |
| Maori | A, no ka mutu tana korero i enei mea, i a ratou ano e titiro atu ana, ka tangohia atu ia, a na te kapua i kopaki atu i o ratou kanohi. |
| Portuguese | Tendo ele dito estas coisas, foi levado para cima, enquanto eles olhavam, e uma nuvem o recebeu, ocultando-o a seus olhos. |
| Rumanian | Dupq ce a spus aceste lucruri, pe cknd se uitau ei la El, S`a knqlyat la cer, wi un nor L -a ascuns din ochii lor. |
| Russian | уЛБЪБЧ УЙЕ, пО РПДОСМУС Ч ЗМБЪБИ ЙИ, Й ПВМБЛП ЧЪСМП еЗП ЙЪ ЧЙДБ ЙИ. |
| Shuar | Nuyá chichas amir, Ashí ni akatramuri ii wajainiai, Jesus nayaimpinmaani junakmiayi. Wéa-wéakui yurankim mash Niin Amuámiayi. Tuma asamtai ni akatramuri Niin Wáinkiacharmiayi. |
| Swahili | Baada ya kusema hayo, wote wakiwa wanamtazama, alichukuliwa mbinguni; wingu likamficha wasimwone tena. |
| Swedish | När han hade sagt detta, lyftes han inför deras ögon upp i höjden, och en sky tog honom bort ur deras åsyn. |
| Uma | Ka'oti-na mololita hewa toe, kate'oo-ongkoa' -imi hilou hi langi'. Mengoa' -ramo mpongoa' -i, duu' -na uma-ipi rahiloi apa' naleru limu' -imi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cloud": cloudberries, cloudberry, cloudburst, cloudbursts, clouded, cloudier, cloudiest, cloudily, cloudiness, cloudinesses, clouding, cloudland, cloudlands, cloudless, cloudlessly, cloudlessness, cloudlessnesses, cloudlet, cloudlets, clouds, cloudscape, cloudscapes, cloudy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cloud": becloud, overcloud, thundercloud, uncloud. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cloud": beclouded, beclouding, beclouds, overclouded, overclouding, overclouds, thunderclouds, unclouded, uncloudedly, unclouding, unclouds. (additional references) | |
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"Cloud" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acloud, ccould, choud, claid, claud, clead, Cload, cloau, cloid, clomd, clond, clou, clouf, clowd, cloyd, clud, clumd, colid, colou, Coludi, coud, couda, Croud, Kaloude, Kloyd, ploud, sloud. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cloud" (pronounced klou"d) |
| 3 | -l ou" d | allowed, aloud, disallowed, loud, ploughed, plowed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: could. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-l-o-u" | |
-1 letter: clod, cold, loud. | |
-2 letters: cod, col, cud, doc, dol, duo, old, oud, udo. | |
-3 letters: do, lo, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-l-o-u" | |
+1 letter: clouds, cloudy. | |
+2 letters: becloud, clouded, cloured, clouted, collude, couldst, coupled, cuckold, doucely, loculed, occlude, uncloud. | |
+3 letters: beclouds, caudillo, cauldron, closured, clotured, cloudier, cloudily, clouding, cloudlet, clupeoid, colluded, colluder, colludes, coloured, colubrid, columned, conclude, couldest, crunodal, cuboidal, cuckolds, cupolaed, decolour, decouple, flounced, fucoidal, jocundly, lodicule, mucoidal, nucleoid, occluded, occludes, occulted, octupled, outscold, oviducal, slouched, unclosed, unclouds, uncloyed, uncoiled, uncooled, undocile, unlocked, upcoiled. | |
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