halo (redirected from haloes)

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 [hay-loh]

Noun

pl -loes or -los

1. a ring of light around the head of a sacred figure

2. a circle of refracted light around the sun or moon

Verb

-loes or -los, [-loing, -loed]

to surround with a halo [Greek halōs circular threshing floor]

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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

Translations

halo [ˈheɪləu] n [of saint] → aureola

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halo [ˈheɪləu] n [of saint etc] → auréole f [of sun]; halo m

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halo [ˈheɪləu] n → Heiligenschein m;

(circle of light) → Hof m

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halo [ˈheɪləu] n [of saint etc] → aureola; [of sun] → 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 kehä halo הִילָה आभा मण्डल kolut oko Sunca i Mjeseca (nap)gyűrű; fényudvar lingkaran cahaya rosabaugur alone かさ 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 (環繞日月的)暈輪,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 후광 aureolė nimbs gambaran lingkaran cahaya stralenkrans glorie, strålekrans aureola auréola aureolă нимб svätožiara svetniški sij oreol gloria วงแหวนรอบหัว hale (繪於神像頭上的)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