fjädermoln

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of fjäder (“feather”) +‎ moln (“cloud”), attested since 1822.

Noun

fjädermoln c

  1. (meteorology, colloquial) cirrus
    Synonym: cirrusmoln
    • 1851, Wendela Hebbe, Lycksökarne‎, 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:
      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.

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