fjädermoln
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of fjäder (“feather”) + moln (“cloud”), attested since 1822.
Noun[edit]
fjädermoln n
- (meteorology, colloquial) cirrus
- Synonym: cirrusmoln
- 1851, Wendela Hebbe, Lycksökarne[1], page 10:
- […] endast en lång hvit vinge af små skira fjädermoln sträckte sig upp öfver himlahvalfvet […]
- […] only a long white wing of small clear cirrus clouds stretched up over the firmament […]
- 2011 August 8, “Vad väger ett moln [What weighs a cloud]”, in Aftonbladet[2]:
- Ett fjädermoln väger runt 0,002 gram per kubikmeter, ett åskmoln runt 3 gram per kubikmeter.
- A cirrus cloud weighs around 0.002 grams per cubic meter, a thundercloud around 3 grams per cubic meter.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of fjädermoln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fjädermoln | fjädermolnet | fjädermoln | fjädermolnen |
| Genitive | fjädermolns | fjädermolnets | fjädermolns | fjädermolnens |