Kilo Lingo

cloud

/klaʊd/

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Translation

A white or grey shape in the sky made of tiny drops of water.

Word origin

From Old English clud, which first meant a mass of rock or hill and later a mass of vapour in the sky.

Origin
Old English
Root
clud

Grammar

Gender
Pluralclouds

Examples

grey .

"Cloud" is a shape of water drops floating in the sky.

white blue .

"Clouds" is the plural, meaning more than one cloud.

.

Here "clouds" are the ones that mean wet weather is coming.

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This word is part of lesson 10.