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Nimbus

Nim′bus

Noun.

;

pl. L.

Nimbi

(#)

, E.

Nimbuses

(#)

[L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth.]

(Fine Arts)

A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See

Aureola

, and

Glory

Noun.

, 5.

☞ “The nimbus is of pagan origin.” “As an attribute of power, the nimbus is often seen attached to the heads of evil spirits.”

Fairholl.

(Meteor.)

A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See

Cloud

Definition 2024

Nimbus

See also: nimbus

German

Noun

Nimbus m ‎(genitive Nimbus, plural Nimbusse)

nimbus

nimbus

See also: Nimbus

English

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

Translations

circle of light; halo

Catalan: nimbe m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暈 (zh), 晕 (zh) ‎(yùn), 光環 (zh), 光环 (zh) ‎(guānghuán), 光輪 (zh), 光轮 (zh) ‎(guānglún), 圓光 (zh), 圆光 (zh) ‎(yuánguāng)
Dutch: nimbus (nl), halo (nl) m
French: nimbe (fr) m
German: Nimbus (de) m
Italian: nimbo (it) m
Japanese: 後光 ‎(ごこう, gokō), 暈 (ja) ‎(かさ, kasa), 光環 ‎(こうかん, kōkan)

Latin: nimbus (la) m
Portuguese: nimbo (pt) m
Russian: нимб (ru) m ‎(nimb), орео́л (ru) m ‎(oreól)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: нимбус m, ореол m, светокруг m, ауреола f, хало n

Roman: nimbus (sh) m, oreol (sh) m, svetokrug (sh) m, aureola (sh) f, halo (sh) n
Swedish: nimbus (sv) c
Turkish: ayla (tr), hale (tr)
Welsh: lleugylch m

rain cloud

Chinese:
Mandarin: 雨雲 (zh), 雨云 (zh) ‎(yǔyún)
Dutch: nimbus (nl) m
French: nimbus (fr) m
German: Nimbus (de) m
Japanese: 雨雲 (ja) ‎(あまぐも, amagumo)
Latin: nimbus (la) m

Maori: okewa
Portuguese: nimbo (pt) m
Russian: дождево́е о́блако n ‎(doždevóje óblako)
Spanish: nimbo (es) m
Tagalog: dagim, ulaning alapaap
Turkish: yağmur bulutu (tr)
Welsh: nimbws m

Related terms

nimbed

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos ‎(“cloud”). Cognates include Latin nebula, Proto-Slavic *nebo ‎(“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit नभस् ‎(nábhas, “sky”) and Ancient Greek νέφος ‎(néphos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɪm.bʊs/

Noun

nimbus m ‎(genitive nimbī); second declension

rainstorm, rain shower
rain cloud, thunder cloud
cloud
halo (visible aura of divine power)
throng
(figuratively) calamity, tempest

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nimbus	nimbī
genitive	nimbī	nimbōrum
dative	nimbō	nimbīs
accusative	nimbum	nimbōs
ablative	nimbō	nimbīs
vocative	nimbe	nimbī

Descendants

Catalan: nimbus
English: nimbus
French: nimbe
Istriot: nenbo
Italian: nembo, nimbo

Portuguese: nimbo
Russian: нимб ‎(nimb)
Spanish: nimbo
Venetian: nenbo

References

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, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nimbus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

nimbus m ‎(Cyrillic spelling нимбус)

(religion) halo
nimbus

Synonyms

oreol

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Nimbus

Nim′bus

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Nimbus

Nimbus

German

Noun

nimbus

nimbus

English

Noun

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