nebula
Syllables: neb·u·laUK/ˈnɛb.jə.lə/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
India/ˈnɛ(ː)b.ju.la/
nebula noun: a cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
Noun
nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas or (archaic) nebulæ)
- A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
- A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
- A cloudy appearance in the urine.
nebula meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nebula in Hindi
- a space cloud
- निहारिका nihārikā, नीहारिका nīhārikā
nebula in Tamil
- a space cloud
- நெபுலா nepulā
nebula in Marathi
- नीहारिका, नेबुला, नेब्युला
nebula in Urdu
- a space cloud
- صَحابِیَہ sahābiya, سَدِیم sadīm
More languagesFewer languages
- nebula in Bengali
- নীহারিকা niharika
- nebula in Telugu
- నెబ్యులా, నెబులా
- nebula in Malayalam
- നീഹാരിക nīhārika
- nebula in Kannada
- ನೀಹಾರಿಕೆ nīhārike
- nebula in Punjabi
- ਨੀਬੂਲਾ, ਨੈਬੂਲਾ, ਨੇਬੂਲਾ
- nebula in Gujarati
- નિહારિકા nihārikā, નેબ્યુલા nebyulā
- nebula in Odia
- ଗ୍ରହନୀହାରିକା grahanihārikā, ତାରାଗୁଚ୍ଛକ tārāgucchaka, ନୀହାରିକା nihārikā
- nebula in Nepali
- नेबुला, नेब्युला
- nebula in Tagalog
- bigha, ulanag, nebula
- nebula in Arabic
- سَدِيم sadīm
- nebula in Malay
- nebula
- nebula in Indonesian
- nebula
- nebula in Persian
- سحابی sahâbi, میغواره miġ-vâre
- nebula in Thai
- เนบิวลา nee-biu-lâa
- nebula in Vietnamese
- tinh vân
- nebula in Myanmar
- နက်ဗျူလာ nakbyula
Examples of nebula in a sentence
- The Pleiades are surrounded by a reflection nebula.
- The Horsehead Nebula is a typical dark nebula, and is famous for resembling the head of a horse.
- Sketching galaxies and nebulae at the eyepiece, in low light levels, is no easy matter.
Forms of nebula
| plural | nebulae |
|---|---|
| plural | nebulas |
| plural (archaic) | nebulæ |
Origin of nebula
Learned borrowing from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). First attested in 1655. Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).
Words formed from nebula
Phrases with nebula
Questions about nebula
- What does nebula mean?
- Nebula means a cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- What is nebula in Hindi?
- Nebula in Hindi is निहारिका (nihārikā), नीहारिका (nīhārikā). See Nebula meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nebula?
- Nebula is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nebula?
- Nebula is pronounced /ˈnɛb.jə.lə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nebula?
- The plural of nebula is nebulae.
Words near nebula in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nebula (page history and authors); nebula (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nebula (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nebula (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଗ୍ରହନୀହାରିକା (Odia) (page history and authors); nebula (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-nebula.ogg.
Cite this entry: “nebula.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/nebula. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.