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6-letter words (1 found)

NIMBUS,

5-letter words (4 found)

MINUS,MUNIS,NIMBS,NUMBS,

4-letter words (16 found)

BINS,BUMS,BUNS,MIBS,MUNI,MUNS,NIBS,NIMB,NIMS,NUBS,NUMB,SNIB,SNUB,SUMI,SUNI,UNIS,

3-letter words (26 found)

BIN,BIS,BUM,BUN,BUS,INS,ISM,MIB,MIS,MUN,MUS,NIB,NIM,NIS,NUB,NUS,SIB,SIM,SIN,SUB,SUI,SUM,SUN,UMS,UNI,UNS,

2-letter words (10 found)

BI,IN,IS,MI,MU,NU,SI,UM,UN,US,

You can make 57 words from nimbus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nimbus

nimbus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪm.bəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmbəs

Noun

nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)

  1. A circle of light; a halo.
  2. 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)

  1. 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(key): /ˈnimbus/, [ˈnimbus̠]
  • Rhymes: -imbus
  • Syllabification(key): nim‧bus

Noun

nimbus

  1. Synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”)

Declension

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) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnɪmbʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnimbus]

Noun

nimbus m (genitive nimbī); second declension

  1. rainstorm, rain shower
  2. rain cloud, thunder cloud, storm cloud
  3. cloud
  4. halo (visible aura of divine power)
  5. throng
  6. (figuratively) calamity, tempest

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

See also

  • nebula
  • nūbēs
  • nūbifer
  • nūbigena
  • nūbilum
  • nūbilus

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 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(key): /ˈɲim.bus/
  • Rhymes: -imbus
  • Syllabification: nim‧bus

Noun

nimbus m inan

  1. nimbus (rain cloud)
  2. (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)

  1. nimbus

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

nimbus m (Cyrillic spelling нимбус)

  1. (religion) halo
  2. nimbus

Synonyms

  • oreol

Source: wiktionary.org