nebula
English
/ˈnɛbjʊlə/
noun
Definitions
- (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- (archaic) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
- (obsolete) A cloudy appearance in the urine
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nebula (fog, cloud, mist, little cloud, vapour).
Origin
Latin
nebula
Gloss
fog, cloud, mist, little cloud, vapour
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雲, 曇
Emoji
🌁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lyman alpha English
- enormous English
- enormous Lyman-alpha nebula English
- nebulalike English
- nebulium English
- nebulization English
- nebulize English
- nephelometry English
- supernebula English
- nebula Latin
- nebulosus Latin
- nebbia Italian
- nebula Italian
- nebulosa Italian
- Νεφελοκοκκυγία Ancient Greek
- νεφέλη Ancient Greek
- νεφέλιον Ancient Greek
- νεφεληγερέτα Ancient Greek
- ἐπινέφελος Ancient Greek
- *nébʰos Proto-Indo-European
- nefelibata Portuguese
- nebulozo Esperanto
- neula Catalan, Valencian
- nebra Galician
- negură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เนบิวลา Thai
- νεφέλη Greek (modern)
- φωτονεφέλη Greek (modern)
- nevoa Old Portuguese
- negurã Aromanian
- nèbla Occitan
- *neβelā Proto-Italic
- neabla Romansh
- nebla Romansh
- nibel Romansh
- nivel Romansh
- nevla Old Spanish
- negghia Sicilian
- nebia Venetian