Halo

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English

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Etymology

Latin halos; Greek halōs (threshing floor, disk, halo). (Eng. usg. 1603)

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Noun

halo (Plural: halos or haloes)

  1. (Astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  2. Anything resembling this band.
  3. (Religious) A nimbus, or luminous disc, often of gold, around the heads of saints etc. in religious paintings.
  4. (Video games) A video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft.
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Translations

atmospheric phenomenon

anything resembling the phenomenon

luminous disc around the heads of saints

Cyrillic: ореол m., нимбус m.
Latin: oreol m., nimbus m.
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Transitive verb

halo

  1. To encircle with a halo.
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Translations

to encircle with a halo

  • Turkish : Hale


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Related terms

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Breton

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Noun

halo m

  1. salivafr:halo

io:halo ku:halo zh:halo

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