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alto-cúmulo

Portuguese, noun/ˌaw.tuˈkũ.mu.lu/

alto-cúmulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “altocumulus (fleecy cloud formation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “formação de nuvens arredondadas que se apresentam em porções sombreadas em altitudes muito elevadas”.

What does alto-cúmulo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealtocumulus (fleecy cloud formation)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. formação de nuvens arredondadas que se apresentam em porções sombreadas em altitudes muito elevadas

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of alto-cúmulo

  • alto-cúmulos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alto-cúmulo?

  • Brazil /ˌaw.tuˈkũ.mu.lu/
  • Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.tuˈkũ.mu.lu]
  • Portugal /ˌal.tuˈku.mu.lu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to alto-cúmulo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.