halo

ha·lo  (hl)

n. pl. ha·los or ha·loes

1.

a. A circular band of colored light around a light source, as around the sun or moon, caused by the refraction and reflection of light by ice particles suspended in the intervening atmosphere.

b. Something resembling this band.

2. A luminous ring or disk of light surrounding the heads or bodies of sacred figures, such as saints, in religious paintings; a nimbus.

3. The aura of majesty or glory surrounding a person or thing that is regarded with reverence, awe, or sentiment.

tr.v. ha·loed, ha·lo·ing, ha·loes

To encircle with or as if with a halo.

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[Medieval Latin hal, from accusative of Latin hals, from Greek, threshing floor, disk of or around the sun or moon.]

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halo [ˈheɪləʊ]

n pl -loes, -los

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a disc or ring of light around the head of an angel, saint, etc., as in painting or sculpture

2. the aura surrounding an idealized, famous, or admired person, thing, or event

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a circle of light around the sun or moon, caused by the refraction of light by particles of ice

4. (Astronomy) Astronomy a spherical cloud of stars surrounding the Galaxy and other spiral galaxies

vb -loes, -los -loing, -loed

to surround with or form a halo

[from Medieval Latin, from Latin halōs circular threshing floor, from Greek]

halo-like  adj

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halo  (hl)

A hazy ring of colored light in the sky around the Sun, Moon, or a similar bright object. A halo is caused by the reflection and refraction of light through atmospheric ice crystals.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	halo - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint gloriole, aura, aureole, nimbus, glory lightness, light - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"
	2.	halo - a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, ring fairy circle, fairy ring - a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium toroid - the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
	3.	halo - a circle of light around the sun or moon atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere parhelic circle, parhelic ring, solar halo - a luminous halo parallel to the horizon at the altitude of the sun; caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere

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halo

noun ring of light, aura, corona, radiance, nimbus, halation (Photography), aureole or aureola The sun had a faint halo round it.

Translations

halo [ˈheɪləʊ] N (halo(e)s (pl)) → halo m, aureola f

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halo [ˈheɪləʊ] n

[saint, angel] → auréole f

[sun] → halo m

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halo

n pl <-(e)s> (of saint, fig iro) → Heiligenschein m; (Astron) → Hof m, → Halo m (spec); his halo slipped → er büßte seinen Heiligenschein ein

vt (fig) → umrahmen

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halo [ˈheɪləʊ] n (of saint) → aureola (Astron) → alone m

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halo

n halo [ˈheiləu]

1 a ring of light round the sun or moon. ligkrans, halo هالَة الشَّمس أو القَمَر ареола světelný kruh kolem slunce nebo měsíce korona; lysring der Hof άλως (γύρω από το φεγγάρι) halo halo هاله valokehä halo הִילָה आभा मण्डल kolut oko Sunca i Mjeseca (nap)gyűrű; fényudvar lingkaran cahaya rosabaugur alone かさ (해, 달의 주위에 나타나는) 무리 ratilas (aplink saulę ar mėnulį) (Saules, Mēness) apdārzs halo stralenkrans sol-/månering otoczka, pierścień halo nimb гало halo, kruh (okolo Slnka alebo Mesiaca) obstret korona sol-, mångård ทรงกลด hale, ayla 日月的光環 гало; сяючий круг ہالئہ نور quầng (mặt trăng; mặt trời) （环绕日月的）晕轮,光环

2 a similar ring of light round the head of a holy person in a picture etc. stralekrans هالَه حَول الرأس في صورَه ореол svatozář glorie der Heiligenschein φωτοστέφανο aureola aupaiste هاله sädekehä auréole הִילָה परिवेश aureola glória lingkaran cahaya geislabaugur aureola 後光 (성상(聖像)의 머리 위에 그려지는) 광륜(光輪) aureolė nimbs gambaran lingkaran cahaya stralenkrans glorie, strålekrans aureola auréola aureolă нимб svätožiara svetniški sij oreol gloria วงแหวนรอบหัว hale 神明或聖人頭部四周的光環 вінчик, німб کسی مقدس شخص کے سر کے گرد ہونے والا ہالئہ نور vầng hào quang （绘于神像头上的）光环