nube

• ñube

From Latin nūbēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ube
• Syllabification: nu‧be

nube f (plural nubes)

1. cloud

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “nube”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “nube”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

• nuvem (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nūbes. Cognate with Portuguese nuvem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ube
• Hyphenation: nu‧be

nube f (plural nubes)

1. cloud
2. (computing) cloud

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “nuve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “nube”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “nuve”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nube”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nube”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nube”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “nube”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• includes a suffix -e

• IPA^(key): /nube/

nube m (masc. plural nubibii, fem. nubiko, fem. plural nubebee)

1. good, nice, beautiful

   Synonym: zzie

From Latin nūbēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.be/
• Rhymes: -ube
• Hyphenation: nù‧be

nube f (plural nubi)

1. cloud

   Synonym: nuvola

2. haze

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.bɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.be]

nūbe

1. ablative singular of nūbēs

nūbe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nūbō

Inherited from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). In Old Spanish, it was written nuve, nué.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈnube/ [ˈnu.β̞e]

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• Rhymes: -ube
• Syllabification: nu‧be

nube f (plural nubes)

1. cloud
2. multitude, or crowd (of people)
3. baby's breath

   Synonym: velo de novia

4. (Spain) marshmallow

   Synonyms: malvavisco, bombón

5. (computing) the cloud
6. cataract
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 298:

     La cerilla de los oídos, echada en los ojos, cura la nube.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “nube”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024