cirrus
English
/ˈsɪɹəs/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) A tendril.
- (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
- (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cirrus (curl, mane forelock of a horse, curl of hair, tentril, ringlet).
Origin
Latin
cirrus
Gloss
curl, mane forelock of a horse, curl of hair, tentril, ringlet
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cirriferous English
- cirriform English
- cirrous English
- stratocirrus English
- cirratus Latin
- cirrhatus Latin
- cirrus Latin
- cerro Spanish, Castilian
- cirrussky Norwegian Bokmål
- cerro Portuguese
- cirrusmoln Swedish
- cirrussky Norwegian Nynorsk
- cirrus Catalan, Valencian
- cerralla Galician
- cerro Old Portuguese