Meanings
nounnuée ardente (plural nuées ardentes or nuée ardentes)
plural nuées ardentes · plural nuée ardentes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pyroclastic flow.
Similar
Peléan cloud
Origin
- Frenchnuée ardente
- Frenchnuée ardente
- Englishnuée ardente
Borrowed from French nuée ardente.
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APA
nuée ardente. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nu%C3%A9e%20ardente
MLA
“nuée ardente.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nu%C3%A9e%20ardente. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nuée ardente,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nu%C3%A9e%20ardente.
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