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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NIMBUS

From Latin: cloud, radiance.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NIMBUS

nimbus  [ˈnɪmbəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIMBUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nimbus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NIMBUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nimbus in the English dictionary

The first definition of nimbus in the dictionary is a dark grey rain-bearing cloud. Other definition of nimbus is an emanation of light surrounding a saint or deity. Nimbus is also a representation of this emanation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NIMBUS


choriambus
ˌkɒrɪˈæmbəs
columbous
kəˈlʌmbəs
Columbus
kəˈlʌmbəs
corymbous
kəˈrɪmbəs
cumulonimbus
ˌkjuːmjʊləʊˈnɪmbəs
iambus
aɪˈæmbəs
limbous
ˈlɪmbəs
limbus
ˈlɪmbəs
lumbus
ˈlʌmbəs
numbers
ˈnʌmbəs
plumbous
ˈplʌmbəs
rhombus
ˈrɒmbəs
thrombus
ˈθrɒmbəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIMBUS

nimb
nimbi
nimble
nimble-fingered
nimble-footed
nimble-minded
nimbleness
nimblesse
nimblewit
nimblewitted
nimbly
nimbostrati
nimbostratus
nimbused
NIMBY
nimbyism
nimieties
nimiety
niminy-piminy
nimious

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIMBUS

Airbus
Arbus
autobus
bus
ceteris paribus
Cottbus
embus
globus
incubus
jacobus
Knights of Columbus
minibus
miss the bus
omnibus
postbus
rebus
school bus
shuttle bus
succubus
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Synonyms and antonyms of nimbus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NIMBUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nimbus» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nimbus

Translation of «nimbus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIMBUS

Find out the translation of nimbus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nimbus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nimbus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灵气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nimbus
570 millions of speakers

English

nimbus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निंबस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نيمبوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нимб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nimbus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্জন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nimbus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nimbus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nimbus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雨雲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후광
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nimbus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vừng mây sáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மழை மேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निंबस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağmur bulutu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nimbo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nimbus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

німб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nimbus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωτοστέφανο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nimbus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nimbus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nimbus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nimbus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIMBUS»

The term «nimbus» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.095 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIMBUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nimbus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nimbus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nimbus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIMBUS»

Discover the use of nimbus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nimbus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nimbus
Hiding his former participation in the government's top secret Nimbus project, Peter Ambrose assumes the identity of a struggling jazz musician, until he learns that a killer is targeting his former Nimbus co-workers. Reprint.
Alexander Jablokov, 1995
2
NIMBUS Maintenance
This book is about these subjects. The content of this book is by and large limited to those operations which a skilled owner can do or can have done.
Knud Jørgensen, Ben Geutskens, Charles Duffill, 2013
3
Nimbus
Action/Horror about a nimbus cloud that causes mayhem on the southwest coast of England.
Tony Marturano, 2001
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Tin Nimbus
saw the words TIN NIMBUS. He had read this legend every day for a year, as often as he returned to the house; it had lost itself in its background like a teapot on a bench. It was like a tag on a piece of luggage, the curling relic of a previous  ...
Geoff Cochrane, 1995
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The Dragon Nimbus Novels:
If you are returning after an absence, I am very happy to have you back. This is a world that began with a Christmas gift of a blown-glass dragon.
Irene Radford, 2008
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The accuracy of the high resolution infrared radiometer on ...
Data processing and error analysis of noise and systematic errors in high resolution infrared radiometer cloud cover data from Nimbus 2.
E. J. Williamson, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1970
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Images and Ideas in the Middle Ages: Selected Studies in ...
4 THE SO-CALLED SQUARE NIMBUS* The origin of the so-called square nimbus is surely one of the most puzzling problems of late antique and mediaeval iconography. In this paper I hope to show that both the symbolical significance of the ...
Gerhart Burian Ladner, 1983
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The Silent Dragon: Children of The Dragon Nimbus #1
In a realm on the brink of war, will an unsuspected heir to the kingdom of Coronnan and to magic long-banished from the land offer the only hope for survival?
Irene Radford, 2013
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The application of color display techniques for the analysis ...
For a given scene recorded on magnetic tape by the Nimbus scanning radiometers, a virtually unlimited number of color images can be produced at the ATS Operations Control Center from a color selector paper tape input.
Lewis J. Allison, G. Thomas Cherrix, Harold Ausfresser, 1972
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Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition
these sun-synchronous research satellites—designated Nimbus I—was launched on August 28, 1964, from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. Weighing 830 pounds and standing just under 11 feet high, Nimbus I carried a trio of ...
David Longshore, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIMBUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nimbus is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Ultimate Temple Raider?: Inside an Antiquities-Smuggling …
Two years earlier, Indian officials had tipped American authorities that a company in West Nyack, N.Y., Nimbus Import Export, was about to ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Outdoors with JD Richey: There's something fishy about 2015
There were also a few salmon caught just below Nimbus Dam on the American River and a few as well near Discovery Park. The outlook for ... «Auburn Journal, Jul 15»
3
Watch Mopars live from England this weekend
Eurodragster.com's free Webster Race Engineering / Nimbus Motorsport webcast commences at 12:00 UK (7 a.m. U.S. Eastern) on Friday and ... «Drag Racing Online Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Martin revisits Nimbus the clouded leopard
Martin has revisited Nimbus the clouded leopard, who was raised by a zookeeper's family in their bathroom. Nimbus's mum couldn't look after ... «CBBC Newsround, Jul 15»
5
How GST changes, drop in dollar raise online shopping prices for …
Asics Gel-Nimbus 17 Lite-Show running shoe. One year ago: $207 (incl. $45 shipping). Now: $263. With GST: $289. Difference compared with ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
6
Rider in the sky stars in first cloud movie
Project Nimbus, named after the clouds that form the best backdrop for the images, is an ambitious collaboration between scientists, artists and ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
7
Revelers return to Willamette Sunday for Big Float
At 12:30 p.m., the Mysti Krewe of Nimbus marching band, backed by LoveBomb Go-Go, will lead a parade from the Tom McCall Waterfront ... «Pamplin Media Group, Jul 15»
8
Restaurant Update: Warm days keeping customers outdoors
Local chefs include Mataio Gillis of Ciao Thyme; Josh Silverman, previously of Dashi Noodle Bar and Nimbus; Will Annett of Pizza'zza; Mica ... «The Bellingham Herald, Jul 15»
9
Festival of Contemporary Music sounds nostalgic notes
The halo of the title — an orchestral nimbus — seemed to illuminate the place: Tanglewood's ghosts, legion, awake, glowing. Matthew Guerrieri ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
10
JBT Corporation acquires Stork Food & Dairy Systems for €47m
Marc Renne, managing partner at Nimbus, a private equity firm and previous owner of Stork Food & Dairy Systems, said: “This transaction ... «FoodProductionDaily.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nimbus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nimbus>. Apr 2024 ».
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