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пасмурный
[pɐsˈmurnɨj]

overcast

🇷🇺 Russian
[pɐsˈmurnɨj]
Meaning of пасмурный

completely cloudy

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Part of speechadjective
Pronunciation[pɐsˈmurnɨj]
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How important is this wordoften
overcast

When to use пасмурный

overcast sky

пасмурное небо

overcast weather

пасмурная погода

overcast day

пасмурный день

overcast conditions

пасмурные условия

overcast morning

пасмурное утро

пасмурный usage examples

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

An overcast afternoon kept the temperature cool.

Пасмурный полдень сделал воздух прохладным.

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

The sky was overcast all day, so there was no sunshine.

Небо было пасмурным весь день, поэтому солнца не было.

Similar words

пасмурный

Main neutral word for a sky completely covered with clouds.

облачный

More literal, emphasizes presence of clouds; often in collocations (cloudy sky, cloudy weather).

затянутое тучами

Descriptive phrase: emphasizes that the sky is completely covered by clouds; more literal.

хмурый

Often applied to a person's expression or mood; the sky looks sullen or gloomy.

серый

Emphasizes the grey color of the sky; neutral and often used descriptively.

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пасмурныйovercast
времена годаseasons of the year
веснаspring
зимаwinter
начинатьсяbegin
заканчиватьсяend
температураtemperature

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What's the difference between пасмурный / облачный / затянутое тучами / хмурый / серый / пасмурноватый

🇷🇺Russian
пасмурный

Main neutral word for a sky completely covered with clouds.

B1Very Often

It's overcast outside; it will probably rain soon.

На улице пасмурно, скоро начнётся дождь.

🇷🇺Russian

More literal, emphasizes presence of clouds; often in collocations (cloudy sky, cloudy weather).

B1Often

The weather is cloudy today — warm but without sunshine.

Погода сегодня облачная, тепло, но без солнца.

З
🇷🇺Russian
затянутое тучами

Descriptive phrase: emphasizes that the sky is completely covered by clouds; more literal.

B1Rarely

In the morning the sky was covered with clouds, and visibility worsened.

Утром небо было затянуто тучами, видимость ухудшилась.

Х
🇷🇺Russian
хмурый

Often applied to a person's expression or mood; the sky looks sullen or gloomy.

B1Often

The sky was sullen, and people hurried home.

Небо было хмурым, и люди спешили домой.

🇷🇺Russian

Emphasizes the grey color of the sky; neutral and often used descriptively.

B1Very Often

The grey sky foreshadowed prolonged overcast weather.

Серое небо предвещало затяжную пасмурную погоду.

П
🇷🇺Russian
пасмурноватый

Diminutive/attenuated form: not fully overcast, somewhat resembling overcast.

B1Rarely

The day was rather overcast, but it never rained.

День был пасмурноватый, но дождя так и не было.

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пасмурный translation: overcast. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce пасмурный

[pɐsˈmurnɨj]

пасмурный translation

overcast

пасмурный examples

Der Himmel ist ganz bewölkt.

пасмурный transcription

[pɐsˈmurnɨj]

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пасмурный meaning: what does it mean?

небо полностью покрыто густой и равномерной облачностью

пасмурный pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

пасмурный is pronounced as [pɐsˈmurnɨj]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

пасмурный definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Der Himmel ist ganz bewölkt. Translation: Небо полностью пасмурное.

Is пасмурный part of Types of Weather vocabulary?

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Is пасмурный part of Weather and Seasons vocabulary?

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