nebula
A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dustA cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
» Do you know what a nebula is?
Ты знаешь, что такое туманность?
Ти знаєш, що таке туманність?
Ти знаєш, що таке галактична туманність?
Ви знаєте, що таке галактична туманність?
Ви знаєте, що таке туманність?
Meaning
3 sensesA cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
Nebel, Wolke
тума́нностьtumánnostʹ
тума́нністьtumánnistʹ
an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
(archaic)A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
(pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
(obsolete)A cloudy appearance in the urine.
cloudiness of the urine
Examples
8 sentencesDo you know what a nebula is?
Ти знаєш, що таке туманність?
ruТы знаешь, что такое туманность?
That nebula doesn't look like a crab to me.
Stars are born inside clouds of gas and dust called nebulae.
deSterne werden in Wolken aus Gas und Staub, sogenannten Nebeln, geboren.
Stars are born in massive clouds of gas and dust called nebulas.
A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.
ruТуманность — это межзвёздное облако из пыли, водорода, гелия и других ионизированных газов.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). First attested in 1655. Akin tLearned borrowing from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). First attested in 1655. Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).
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Forms
plural: nebulae / nebulasWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular