How to pronounce cirrus
American English pronunciation
SEER-us
- IPA
- /ˈsɪɹəs/
- Syllables
- SEER · us (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cirrus means
A thin, wispy cloud high in the sky
In a sentence: High above, thin cirrus clouds stretched like white feathers.
Where it comes from: From a Latin word that meant "curl." A man named Luke Howard used it as a cloud name in 1803.
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