How to pronounce cirrocumulus
American English pronunciation
seer-oh-KYOO-myuh-lus
- IPA
- /ˌsɪɹoʊˈkjumjələs/
- Syllables
- seer · oh · KYOO · myuh · lus (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What cirrocumulus means
High clouds in small rippled puffs, like fish scales
In a sentence: We looked up and saw cirrocumulus spread across the sky in tiny white ripples.
Where it comes from: It was put together from cirro-, as in cirrus clouds, and cumulus. The cloud namer Luke Howard used it in 1803.
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