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νέφος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *népʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud). Cognates include νεφέλη (nephélē, cloud), Latin nebula (fog, cloud), Proto-Slavic *nebo (heaven, sky), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas, sky).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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νέφος (néphosn (genitive νέφεος or νέφους); third declension

  1. cloud

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: νέφος n (néfos)
  • English: nephology, nephoscope

References

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈne.fos/
  • Hyphenation: νέ‧φος

Noun

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νέφος (néfosn (plural νέφη)

  1. smog
    Synonym: αιθαλομίχλη (aithalomíchli)
  2. (meteorology) cloud
  3. (computing) cloud

Declension

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Declension of νέφος
singular plural
nominative νέφος (néfos) νέφη (néfi)
genitive νέφους (néfous) νεφών (nefón)
accusative νέφος (néfos) νέφη (néfi)
vocative νέφος (néfos) νέφη (néfi)

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ νέφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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