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cirrostratus

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈstɹeɪtəs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈstɹɑː-/
  • General-American: /ˌsɪɹoʊˈstɹeɪtəs/
  • General-American: /-ˈstɹɑ-/
  • General-American: /-ˈstɹæ-/
  • General-American: [-ɾəs]
  • rhymes with -eɪtəs
  • rhymes with -ɑːtəs
  • rhymes with -ætəs

1

noun

Meaning 1

A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cs

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cirrostratus cloud

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cloud

History

Etymology

From cirro- + stratus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cirrostratus — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Catalan: cirrostrat — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Chinese Cantonese: 卷層雲 /卷层云 (gyun2 cang4 wan4) — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卷層雲 /卷层云 (juǎncéngyún) — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Finnish: harsopilvi — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • French: cirrostratus — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • German: Zirrostratus — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • German: Schleierwolke — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Greek: θυσανόστρωμα (thysanóstroma) — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Hungarian: fátyolfelhő — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Icelandic: blika — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Icelandic: skýjablika — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Italian: cirrostrato — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Japanese: 巻層雲 (kensōun) — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Korean: 권층운 (gwoncheung'un) — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Latin: cirrostratus — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Latin: nubes cirrostrata — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Māori: pipi — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Māori: pīpipi — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Māori: pīpipi-o-te-rangi — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
  • Russian: перисто-слои́стая (peristo-sloístaja) — cloud type appearing as a whitish veil