nebula

Other forms of nebula

plural

nebulae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nebula

What does nebula mean?

nebula means "a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nebula?

nebula has 3 syllables: neb-u-la. The stress falls on "neb". In IPA it is /ˈnɛbjələ/.

Is nebula a common word?

nebula is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.