cloudy

English

Etymology

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklaʊdi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɫaʊdi/
(Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈklaʊːdɪ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aʊdi

Adjective

cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)

Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
Synonym: clouded

Antonyms: cloudless, noncloudy, unclouded, uncloudy
Not transparent or clear.
- 2002, “Best Inventions of 2002”, in Time‎^[1]:
  […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.
1. (of fruit juice) Containing pith
Uncertain; unclear.
(computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.
a cloudy infrastructure
(slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious
Having cloudlike markings.
cloudy marble

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

covered with or characterised by clouds

Afrikaans: bewolk
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: غائم (ḡāʔim)
Armenian: ամպամած (hy) (ampamac)
Assamese: ডাৱৰীয়া (daworia)
Asturian: nubláu, nublosu
Azerbaijani: buludlu, tutqun (az)
Basque: hodeitsu
Belarusian: хма́рны (xmárny), пахму́рны (paxmúrny)
Bikol Central:
Bikol Legazpi: madampog

Bikol Naga: mapanganuron
Breton: koumoulek (br)
Bulgarian: о́блачен (bg) (óblačen), зао́блачен (bg) (zaóblačen)
Catalan: ennuvolat (ca), nuvolós (ca)
Chinese:
Gan: 烏陰天／乌阴天 (u im thien)

Mandarin: 多雲／多云 (zh) (duōyún)
Cornish: komolek
Czech: oblačný, zamračený
Danish: overskyet, skyet
Dutch: bewolkt (nl)
Elfdalian: muolin
Esperanto: nuba (eo)
Estonian: pilvine
Faroese: skýggjaður, samdrigin
Finnish: pilvinen (fi)
French: nuageux (fr)
Friulian: nûlat
Galician: nubrado (gl)
Georgian: ღრუბლიანი (ɣrubliani)
German: bewölkt (de), wolkig (de)
Greek: συννεφιασμένος (el) (synnefiasménos)
Ancient: συννεφής (sunnephḗs)
Greenlandic: nuiasoq
Hawaiian: ʻōmalumalu
Hebrew: מעונן (me'unan)
Hindi: मेघाच्छादित (hi) (meghācchādit)
Hungarian: felhős (hu)
Icelandic: skýjaður (is)
Indonesian: berawan (id)
Ingrian: pilvekäs
Irish: scamallach, néaltach
Italian: nuvoloso (it), nuvolo (it) (regional), coperto (it)
Japanese: 曇りの (ja) (くもりの, kumori no)
Khmer: មានពពក (mien pɔpɔɔk)
Korean: 흐리다 (ko) (heurida)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھەوری (hewrî)

Northern Kurdish: ewrîn (ku) m
Lao: ພະຍັບ (pha nyap), ຟ່າງ (fāng)
Latin: nūbilōsus, nūbilus
Latvian: apmācies, mākoņains
Lithuanian: debesuotas
Lombard: nivol (lmo)
Louisiana Creole French: kouvær, kouvè, kouvèr
Luxembourgish: bedeckt, wollekeg
Macedonian: о́блачен (óblačen)
Malay: mendung (ms)
Manchu: ᡤᡳᠯᠠᡥᡡᠨ (gilahūn), ᡨᡠᠯᡥᡠᠨ (tulhun)
Maori: kōngū, kōmaru, kāpuapua, kōruki, whakaipuipu, tukumaru, tukupū, tāmaru
Middle English: cloudy
Mòcheno: gahilb
Mongolian: үүлтэй (üültej)
Nahuatl: mixxoh
Navajo: kʼos
Nepali: बदली (badalī)
Norman: nouageux
Northern Sami: balvái
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skyet (no), overskyet (no)

Nynorsk: skya, overskya
Occitan: nivolós
Persian: ابری (fa) (abri)
Polish: pochmurny (pl) m
Portuguese: nublado (pt)
Romanian: înnorat (ro), noros (ro)
Romansch: nivlus, neblus, nivlous, nüvlus, nivlieu
Russian: о́блачный (ru) (óblačnyj), па́смурный (ru) (pásmurnyj)
Sardinian: annuadu
Scots: drumlie
Scottish Gaelic: sgòthach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: облачан

Roman: oblačan (sh)
Shor: пулуттығ (puluttığ)
Sicilian: nuvulusu (scn), nivulusu (scn)
Slovak: oblačný
Slovene: oblačen (sl) m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: mróčelaty, mróčałkaty
Spanish: nublado (es), nublo (es) (Latin America), nuboso (es), anubarrado, anubado
Sundanese: reueuk
Swedish: molnig (sv)
Tagalog: (literally) maulap
Talysh: avə
Thai: มีเมฆ (mee mâyk)
Turkish: bulutlu (tr), kapalı (tr)
Ukrainian: хма́рний (xmárnyj)
Urdu: ابری (ur) (abri), ابر آلود (abr-ālūd)
Venetan: nuvołoxo, nùvoło, nùgoło
Vietnamese: có mây
Welsh: cymylog (cy)
Yiddish: וואָלקנדיק (volkndik)

not transparent; not clear

Bulgarian: мътен (bg) (mǎten), непрозрачен (bg) (neprozračen)
Catalan: nebulós
French: trouble (fr)
Greek:
Ancient: θολερός (tholerós)
Irish: modartha
Italian: nebuloso (it), torbido (it)
Macedonian: заматен (zamaten)
Manx: neuheelit (of liquid)
Middle English: cloudy
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grumsete

Nynorsk: grumsete
Portuguese: turvo (pt)
Russian: му́тный (ru) (mútnyj)
Spanish: turbio (es)

uncertain; unclear

Bulgarian: неясен (bg) (nejasen), объркан (bg) (obǎrkan)
Catalan: nebulós
French: brumeux (fr), nébuleux (fr), opaque (fr)
German: trüb (de)
Hungarian: felhős (hu)
Japanese: 濁り (ja) (nigori)
Middle English: cloudy
Portuguese: nebuloso (pt), confuso (pt)
Russian: нея́сный (ru) (nejásnyj), тума́нный (ru) (tumánnyj)

Middle English

Alternative forms

cloudi, clowdy, clowdie
(Early Middle English) cludiȝ

Etymology

From Old English clūdiġ; equivalent to cloud +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkluːdiː/

Adjective

cloudy

Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded.
Not transparent or clear; murky, gloomy.
(rare) Inspiring dread; scary, frightening.
(rare) Featuring rocks; rocky, stony.

Related terms

cloudy

Descendants

English: cloudy
Scots: cluddy, cloody

References

“clǒudī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.