nūbēs
feminine
The Latin word for cloud is nūbēs.
nūbēs is used to refer to a visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Meaning: visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
nūbēs is a feminine noun.
Did you know?
- The English word 'nubile', used to describe someone of marriageable age, comes from nūbēs via the verb nūbere. It originally referred to the age when a woman was ready to 'veil' herself in marriage.
- Roman writers often personified clouds as characters or messengers, sometimes treating nūbēs as a living entity that could be enticed or provoked.
- Romans used the term nūbēs to describe the 'cloud' of incense smoke rising during religious sacrifices to the gods.
Examples in context
- Caelum plenum nubium est.The sky is full of clouds.
- Nubes atrae imminere videntur.Dark clouds seem to be looming.
- Nimbus magnus advenit.A big storm cloud approaches.
- Pluvia fit ex nimbo.Rain comes from a cloud.
- Quam dulces nubeculae in caelo!How sweet are the little clouds in the sky!
- Nubeculae candidae vergunt in boream.The white clouds drift towards the north.
- nūbēs obscūrat sōlemA cloud obscures the sun
- Nūbēs caeruleum caelum obscūrat.A cloud obscures the blue sky.
- Nūbēs alba super montes fluit.A white cloud floats above the mountains.
Example conversation
Lucius and Claudia are watching the sky from a garden.
- LuciusEcce nūbēs nigra!Look, a black cloud!
- ClaudiaIta, pluvia mox veniet.Yes, rain will come soon.
- LuciusClaudia, nūbēs est valde magna.Claudia, the cloud is very large.
- ClaudiaIta, eam timeo.Yes, I fear it.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “cloud” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
