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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /urokogumo no sora/
"秋晴れの日は美しいうろこ雲の空が広がります。"
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A sky flecked with small, white cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds resembling the curdled appearance of buttermilk.
"The autumn morning broke with a brilliant buttermilk-sky stretching across the horizon."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a regional Americanism combining 'buttermilk', referring to the whitish, curdled appearance of the beverage, and 'sky'. It gained wider cultural resonance through mid-20th-century American folk music and literature, notably popularized by Hoagy Carmichael's 1945 song 'Buttermilk Sky'.
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ciel moutonné
Transliteration: /sjɛl mu.tɔ.ne/
"Les nuages formaient un beau ciel moutonné au-dessus des champs."
lämmchenwolkenhimmel
Transliteration: /ˈlɛmçənˌvɔlkənˌhɪml̩/
Script: Lämmchenwolkenhimmel
"Der Lämmchenwolkenhimmel kündigte einen ruhigen Tag an."
cielo pecorelle
Transliteration: /ˈtʃɛ.lo pe.koˈrɛl.le/
Script: cielo a pecorelle
"Il cielo a pecorelle dipingeva l'alba di bianco."
cielo aborregado
Transliteration: /ˈθje.lo a.βo.reˈɣa.ðo/
"Miramos hacia arriba y vimos un precioso cielo aborregado."
céu ovelhado
Transliteration: /ˈsɛw o.veˈʎa.du/
"O horizonte amanheceu com um céu ovelhado encantador."
छाछिया आसमान
Transliteration: chhhachhiya aasman
"सुबह के समय आसमान में बादल छाछिया आसमान जैसे लग रहे थे।"
鱼鳞天
Transliteration: /yú lín tiān/
"秋高气爽的日子里，天空中出现了美丽的鱼鳞天。"
양털구름 하늘
Transliteration: yang-teol-gu-reum ha-neul
"가을철 아침은 푸르고 맑은 양털구름 하늘을 보여주었다."
うろこ雲の空
Transliteration: /urokogumo no sora/
"秋晴れの日は美しいうろこ雲の空が広がります。"
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