nimbostratus
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Nimbostratus has very few features.
Noun
nimbostratus (plural nimbostrati)
- (meteorology) According to the World Meteorological Organization, a mid-level, principal cloud type, generally formless and dark grey in colour, which forms from altostratus occurring in layers at the middle altitude of the troposphere (usually above 2400 metres). Nimbostratus usually brings precipitation as the mid-level clouds thicken and subside into the low level of the troposphere. Frontal or cyclonic lift can also carry the top of a deep nimbostratus layer into the high levels of the troposphere. Also classified or characterized as multi-level; abbreviated Ns.
Translations
cloud type
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nimbostratus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnimboˌstrɑtus/, [ˈnimbo̞ˌs̠trɑ̝t̪us̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑtus
- Syllabification(key): nim‧bo‧stra‧tus
Declension
Inflection of nimbostratus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nimbostratus | nimbostratukset | ||
genitive | nimbostratuksen | nimbostratusten nimbostratuksien | ||
partitive | nimbostratusta | nimbostratuksia | ||
illative | nimbostratukseen | nimbostratuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nimbostratus | nimbostratukset | ||
accusative | nom. | nimbostratus | nimbostratukset | |
gen. | nimbostratuksen | |||
genitive | nimbostratuksen | nimbostratusten nimbostratuksien | ||
partitive | nimbostratusta | nimbostratuksia | ||
inessive | nimbostratuksessa | nimbostratuksissa | ||
elative | nimbostratuksesta | nimbostratuksista | ||
illative | nimbostratukseen | nimbostratuksiin | ||
adessive | nimbostratuksella | nimbostratuksilla | ||
ablative | nimbostratukselta | nimbostratuksilta | ||
allative | nimbostratukselle | nimbostratuksille | ||
essive | nimbostratuksena | nimbostratuksina | ||
translative | nimbostratukseksi | nimbostratuksiksi | ||
abessive | nimbostratuksetta | nimbostratuksitta | ||
instructive | — | nimbostratuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French nimbo-stratus.
Declension
declension of nimbostratus (singular only)
singular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) nimbostratus | nimbostratusul |
genitive/dative | (unui) nimbostratus | nimbostratusului |
vocative | nimbostratusule |
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