English to French Meaning of nimbus - nimbus

Nimbus :

nimbus

noun

nuage orageux

Nimbus :: nimbus

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Definitions of nimbus in English

Noun(1) a dark grey cloud bearing rain(2) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

Examples of nimbus in English

(1) Her face, all her skin, was the color of the nimbus clouds on a calm summer afternoon.(2) When the power within her reached its peak, the red nimbus around her expanded to fill the entire corridor.(3) Above the mighty fortress of earth, dark cumulous nimbus clouds clash violently against each other invoking the worst of all storms and hindering all whom dare to cross by air.(4) From the walls of the room jagged flashes of blue-white lightning clawed out at the creature, outlining it in a momentary nimbus of sparks and power which faded in the blink of an eye.(5) Suddenly, the faint silver nimbus around her flared.(6) The blue nimbus soon engulfed them and vanished from view.(7) The polenta looked like a very small moon surrounded by a large nimbus of vapour.(8) Heat flashed along her bonds and they melted instantly, mere puddles of once-hard iron, and she pulled herself free, surrounded in a fiery nimbus .(9) He looked at me, then twitched his ears in rueful laughter and moved back a couple of steps until all I could see of him was his silhouette against the grey nimbus surrounding the moon.(10) nimbus clouds(11) He was sitting with his back to the window, sunlight behind his shoulder haloing his fur in a nimbus of white light, being shattered into a hundred pieces by the facets of the cut crystal goblet in his hand.(12) A broken skein of clouds, outracing the birds underneath, abruptly halts, spins and dissolves into a moist nimbus .(13) This boy monk had a halo around him, a nimbus of purity, divinity, and godliness.(14) A rosy nimbus surrounded him and the lifeless body, which slowly sat up.(15) As the waiting room door closed behind him, another door opened in front of him, with a familiar electronic hum and a nimbus of blue-white light.(16) Mara stood there, face incandescent with rage, eyes blazing with purple wrath and entire body outlined in a shimmering nimbus of terrible light.

Related Phrases of nimbus

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Related Phrases of nimbus

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Synonyms

Noun

1. rain cloud ::

nuage de pluie

2. nimbus cloud ::

Nimbus

Different Forms

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