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stratocumulus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English strato- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh1mósder.? Latin cumulusbor. English cumulus English stratocumulus From strato- + cumulus.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 層積雲 /层积云 (cang4 zik1 wan4) — cloud type
  • Chinese Mandarin: 層積雲 /层积云 (céngjīyún) — cloud type
  • Finnish: kumpukerrospilvi — cloud type
  • French: stratocumulus — cloud type
  • Italian: stratocumulo — cloud type
  • Japanese: 層積雲 (sōsekiun) — cloud type
  • Korean: 층적운 (cheungjeogun) — cloud type
  • Latin: stratocumulus — cloud type
  • Latin: nubes stratocumula — cloud type
  • Russian: слои́сто-кучева́я (sloísto-kučevája) — cloud type
  • Spanish: estratocúmulo — cloud type
  • Turkish: stratokümülüs — cloud type