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cumulo

heap

noun KOO-moo-loh Rare
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Origin: Latin cumulus (heap, pile).

Also means

cumulus (cloud)

Usage Note

Cumulo means a pile or accumulation — un cumulo di macerie ('a heap of rubble') — and in meteorology it names the cumulus cloud. The phrase cumulo di incarichi ('accumulation of posts') is common in political language. The plural is regular: cumuli.

Examples

"Sul campo c'era un cumulo di foglie secche."

Natural Translation

In the field there was a heap of dry leaves.

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