different between nimbus vs pannus

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pannus (“cloth”). Doublet of pagne, pan, and pane.

Noun

pannus (plural panni or pannuses)

1. A hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
2. (meteorology) A type of accessory cloud, looking like shreds either attached to, or separated from, the main cloud formation; mainly associated with nimbostratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.
3. (medicine) A tent for a wound.
4. (medicine) A birthmark on the skin.

Synonyms

• (cloud): scud

Anagrams

• sannup, unsnap

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh?n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (pênos, “web”), Gothic ???????????????? (fana, “piece of cloth”), Old English fana (“flag”), English fane.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pan.nus/, [?pän??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pan.nus/, [?p?n?us]

Noun

pannus m (genitive pann?); second declension

1. cloth
2. rag
3. garment

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• pannus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pannus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pannus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pannus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.