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nuvola

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See also: nùvoła

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a Latin nūbila, noun use of the feminine of nūbilus (cloudy), from nūbēs. Cognate with Sicilian nuvula. Compare Catalan núvol.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.vo.la/
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  • Rhymes: -uvola
  • Hyphenation: nù‧vo‧la

Noun

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nuvola f (plural nuvole, diminutive nuvolétta or (less common) nuvolìna, augmentative nuvolone, pejorative nuvolàccia)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: nube
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXX”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 28–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      così dentro una nuvola di fiori
      che da le mani angeliche saliva
      e ricadeva in giù dentro e di fori
      Thus in the bosom of a cloud of flowers which from those hands angelical ascended, and downward fell again inside and out
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Further reading

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  • nuvola in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • nuvola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • nuvola in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • nuvola in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • nùvola in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • nùvola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana