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nuée ardente

nuée ardente noun: a pyroclastic flow.

Noun

nuée ardente (plural nuées ardentes or nuée ardentes)

  1. A pyroclastic flow.
    Synonyms:
    Peléan cloud

Synonyms of nuée ardente

  • Peléan cloud

Forms of nuée ardente

pluralnuées ardentes
pluralnuée ardentes

Origin of nuée ardente

Borrowed from French nuée ardente.

Questions about nuée ardente

What does nuée ardente mean?
Nuée ardente means a pyroclastic flow.
What part of speech is nuée ardente?
Nuée ardente is a noun.
What is the plural of nuée ardente?
The plural of nuée ardente is nuées ardentes.

Words near nuée ardente in the dictionary

  1. nuzzling
  2. nuzzlings
  3. nuzzly
  4. Nuzzo
  5. Nuzzos
  6. nuée ardente
  7. nuée ardentes
  8. nuées ardentes
  9. Nuér
  10. Nuštar
  11. Nușeni

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