This is the 2321st most frequent French word.
nuages
Clouds.
Here, 'nuages' directly refers to the weather phenomenon as entities present in the sky.
Les nuages couvrent le ciel entier aujourd'hui.
The clouds are covering the entire sky today.
In this sentence, 'nuages' is used metaphorically to describe thoughts as drifting entities.
Pareils à des nuages, ses pensées dérivent sans arrêt.
Similar to clouds, his thoughts drift endlessly.
Here, 'nuages' refers to artistic representations of clouds in a decorative setting.