altocumulus
noun
altocumulus is a noun meaning “A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-L-T-O-C-U-M-U-L-U-S, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of altocumulus is altocumuli.
What does altocumulus mean?
noun
- 1
A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of altocumulus
- altocumuli plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is altocumulus?
Altocumulus appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Altocumulus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cloud:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | altocumulus |
| Portuguese | alto-cúmulo |
| Spanish | altocúmulo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does altocumulus come from?
From alto- + cumulus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).