Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA principal medium-level cloud type in the form of a gray or bluish (never white) sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance.
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nouna stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
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altostratus cloud
Broader
stratusstratus cloud
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 高層雲 /高层云
- 高層雲 /高层云 (gou¹ cang⁴ wan⁴)cloud type
Chinese Mandarin 高層雲 /高层云
- 高層雲 /高层云 (gāocéngyún)cloud type
Finnish verhopilvi
- verhopilvicloud type
French altostratus
- altostratuscloud type
Greek υψίστρωμα
- υψίστρωμα (ypsístroma)cloud type
Icelandic gráblika
- gráblikacloud type
Italian altostrato
- altostratocloud type
Japanese 高層雲, 朧雲
- 高層雲 (kōsōun)cloud type
- 朧雲 (oborogumo)cloud type
Korean 고층운
- 고층운 (gocheung'un)cloud type
Latin altostratus, nubes altostrata
- altostratuscloud type
- nubes altostratacloud type
Polish altostratus
- altostratuscloud type
Portuguese alto-estrato, altostratus
- alto-estratocloud type
- altostratuscloud type
- altostratocloud type
Russian высоко-слои́стая
- высоко-слои́стая (vysoko-sloístaja)cloud type
Spanish altostrato
- altostratocloud type
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with altostratus
statusapparatusstratushiatuscomitatuslatusCincinnatusflatusmeatusafflatuscirrostratuscumulostratusnimbostratusquadratus
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APA
altostratus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altostratus
MLA
“altostratus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altostratus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “altostratus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altostratus.
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