nebula – English noun declension

English noun forms of nebula

Noun: nebula
Singularnebula
Pluralnebulae; nebulas

Sample Sentences

  • 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:]

Nouns inflected like nebula

scapula, larva, uvula, antenna, fibula, nebula, pupa, vita,

Etymology

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”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'νεφέλη', German Nouns 'Nebel', Polish Nouns 'niebo'.