Nebula

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Nebula

Pronunciation

• enPR: neb'jə-lə, IPA: /ˈnebjələ/, SAMPA: /"nebj@l@/

Etymology

From Latin nebula (“‘little cloud", "mist’”). Akin to Greek νεφέλη, "cloud", German Nebel, "mist", "nebula", Old Norse nifl.

Noun

Singular Nebula

Plural nebulae

Nebula (nebulae)

1. (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).

Translations

a space cloud

Armenian: միգամածություն hy(hy) (migamaçut’yun) Basque: nebulosa eu(eu) Bulgarian: мъглявина bg(bg) (mǎgljavina) f. Catalan: nebulosa ca(ca) f. Chinese: Cantonese: trad. 星雲, simpl. 星云 (jyutping: sing1 wan4) Mandarin: trad. 星雲, simpl. 星云 (pinyin: xīngyún) Czech: mlhovina cs(cs) f. Esperanto: nebulozo eo(eo) Finnish: kaasusumu fi(fi), tähtisumu fi(fi), nebula fi(fi) French: nébuleuse fr(fr) Galician: nebulosa gl(gl) f. Georgian: ნისლეულები ka(ka) German: Nebel de(de) m. Greek: (nephos) Hindi: नीहारिका hi(hi) (nīhārikā) f. Hungarian: csillagköd hu(hu), nebula hu(hu)

Ido: nebulozo io(io) Interlingua: nebulosa Irish: réaltnéal ga(ga) m. Italian: nebulosa it(it) f. Japanese: 星雲 ja(ja) Korean: 성운 ko(ko) (seong-un) Latin: nebula la(la) Lithuanian: ū̃kas lt(lt) m. Polish: mgławica pl(pl) f. Portuguese: nebulosa pt(pt) f. Romanian: nebuloasă ro(ro) f. Russian: туманность ru(ru) (tumánnost') f. Slovak: hmlovina sk(sk) f. Slovene: meglíca sl(sl) f., nébula sl(sl) f. Spanish: nebulosa es(es) f. Thai: เนบิวลา th(th)

Derived terms

• solar nebula
• stellar nebula
• planetary nebula
• preplanetary nebula
• protoplanetary nebula
• reflection nebula
• emission nebula
• diffuse nebula
• dark nebula

Related terms

• nebulosity
• nebulous
• nebular

See also

• plerion
• nova remnant
• supernova remnant
• Herbig-Haro object
• Bok globule
• interstellar cloud
• intergalactic cloud
• high velocity cloud

Anagrams

• abelnu,
• unable

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Interlingua

Noun

Singular Nebula

Plural s

Nebula (s)

1. fog, mist, haze
2. (pathology) nebula

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Italian

Noun

nebula f. (plural nebule)

1. (archaic) fog, mist; cloud
2. nebula

Related terms

• nebbia
• nebulizzare
• nebulosa

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“‘cloud’”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέφος (nephos), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas).

Noun

nebula (genitive nebulae); f, first declension

1. fog
2. cloud
3. vapor
4. vocative singular of nebula

nebulā f.

1. ablative singular of nebula

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	nebula	nebulae
genitive	nebulae	nebulārum
dative	nebulae	nebulīs
accusative	nebulam	nebulās
ablative	nebulā	nebulīs
vocative	nebula	nebulae

Synonyms

• cālīgō

Descendants

• English: nebula
• Italian: nebbia, nebula
• Portuguese: névoa
• Romanian: negură
• Spanish: niebla

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