English

An emission nebula

Noun

nebula ‎(plural nebulae or nebulas)

1. (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
2. (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
3. (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine

Derived terms

Related terms

• nebulosity
• nebulous
• nebular

See also

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

Translations

Anagrams

• unable

Interlingua

Noun

nebula ‎(plural nebulas)

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

Italian

Noun

nebula f ‎(plural nebule)

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

Related terms

• nebbia
• nebulizzare
• nebulosa

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.bu.la/, [ˈnɛ.bʊ.ɫa]

Noun

nebula f ‎(genitive nebulae); first declension

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

nebulā f

1. ablative singular of nebula

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• cālīgō

Derived terms

• nebulōsus

Descendants

References

• nebula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nebula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NEBULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nebula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.