fjädermoln
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of fjäder (“feather”) + moln (“cloud”), attested since 1822.
Noun
[edit]fjädermoln n
- (meteorology, colloquial) cirrus
- Synonym: cirrusmoln
- 1851, Wendela Hebbe, Lycksökarne[1], page 10:
- […] endast en lång hvit vinge af små skira fjädermoln sträckte sig upp öfver himlahvalfvet […]
- […] only a long white wing of small clear cirrus clouds stretched up over the firmament […]
- 2011 August 8, “Vad väger ett moln [What weighs a cloud]”, in Aftonbladet[2]:
- Ett fjädermoln väger runt 0,002 gram per kubikmeter, ett åskmoln runt 3 gram per kubikmeter.
- A cirrus cloud weighs around 0.002 grams per cubic meter, a thundercloud around 3 grams per cubic meter.
Declension
[edit]Declension of fjädermoln
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fjädermoln | fjädermolns |
| definite | fjädermolnet | fjädermolnets | |
| plural | indefinite | fjädermoln | fjädermolns |
| definite | fjädermolnen | fjädermolnens | |