different between nimbed vs nimbus

English

Etymology

nimb +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?md/

Adjective

nimbed (not comparable)

1. Having a nimb or halo.

Anagrams

• bemind

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?mb?s/
• Rhymes: -?mb?s

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nimbus/, [?nimbus?]
• Rhymes: -imbus
• Syllabification: nim?bus

Noun

nimbus

1. Synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”)

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néb?os (“cloud”). Cognates include Latin nebula, Proto-Slavic *nebo (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit ???? (nábhas, “sky”) and Ancient Greek ????? (néphos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nim.bus/, [?n?mb?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?nim.bus/, [?nimbus]

Noun

nimbus m (genitive nimb?); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

See also

• nebula
• n?b?s
• n?bifer
• n?bigena
• n?bilum
• n?bilus

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, 1883–1887)
• nimbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French nimbus.

Noun

nimbus m (plural nimbu?i)

1. nimbus

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

nimbus m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (religion) halo
2. nimbus

Synonyms

• oreol