How to pronounce cirrostratus
American English pronunciation
seer-oh-STRAY-tus
- IPA
- /ˌsɪɹoʊˈstɹeɪtəs/
- Syllables
- seer · oh · STRAY · tus (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
- Also said
- seer-oh-STRAT-us
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What cirrostratus means
A thin, milky veil of high cloud that often makes halos
In a sentence: A sheet of cirrostratus spread across the sky, and a bright ring appeared around the moon.
Where it comes from: It joins cirro-, from cirrus, the wispy high cloud, and stratus, a flat layer of cloud. Luke Howard, who named the clouds, used it in 1803.
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