cloudy

English

Alternative forms

• clowdy (Early Modern)

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)

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds.

   Synonyms: clouded, overcast

   Antonyms: cloudless, noncloudy, unclouded, uncloudy

2. Not transparent or clear.
   • 2002, “Best Inventions of 2002”, in Time‎:

     […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.

   1. (of fruit juice) Containing pith
3. Uncertain; unclear.
4. (computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.

   a cloudy infrastructure

5. (slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious
6. Having cloudlike markings.

   cloudy marble

Derived terms

• cloudily
• cloudiness
• cloudywing
• cloudy wing virus
• noncloudy
• uncloudy

Related terms

• cloud ceiling
• cloud cover

Translations

covered with or characterised by clouds

Afrikaans: bewolk (af) 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: nubokovrita, nuba (eo), nubeca 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) Khiamniungan Naga: êm 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), nuboso (es), anubarrado, anubado, nubloso Sundanese: reueuk Swedish: molnig (sv) Tagalog: (literally) maulap Talysh: avə Tatar: болытлы (bolıtlı) 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, trouble Norwegian: Bokmål: grumsete Nynorsk: grumsete Polish: mętny (pl) Portuguese: turvo (pt) Russian: му́тный (ru) (mútnyj) Spanish: turbio (es) Turkish: bulanık (tr), belirsiz (tr), muğlak (tr)

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) Turkish: bulanık (tr), belirsiz (tr)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cloudi, clowdy, clowdie
• cludiȝ (Early Middle English)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluːdiː/

Adjective

cloudy

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

Descendants

• English: cloudy
• Scots: cluddy, cloody

References

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