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halo
English
Etymology
From Latin hal?s, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s, “disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor with its surrounding threshold; disk of a shield”); itself of unknown origin, see ????? and ??????. Used in English since 1563, sense of light around someone’s head since 1646.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?he?l??/
- (US) enPR: h??l?, IPA(key): /?he?lo?/
- Rhymes: -e?l??
Noun
halo (plural halos or haloes)
- 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.
- (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- (advertising) The bias caused by the halo effect.
- 2016, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, ?Health and Medicine Division, ?Food and Nutrition Board, Food Literacy: How Do Communications and Marketing Impact Consumer Knowledge, Skills, and Behavior? (page 51)
- In both cases, they found that […] there was a halo effect (e.g., when a "low cholesterol" claim was made, consumers perceived other nutrients, such as fat, also to be at low levels when they were actually high). Andrews reported that these misleading halos were reduced only when the claims were accompanied by an evaluative disclosure […]
- 2016, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, ?Health and Medicine Division, ?Food and Nutrition Board, Food Literacy: How Do Communications and Marketing Impact Consumer Knowledge, Skills, and Behavior? (page 51)
- (art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- (medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
- (motor racing) A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of a open cockpit racecar.
- (automotive) Short for halo headlight.
Synonyms
- (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings): aureole, nimbus
Derived terms
- halo effect
- halo nucleus
- neutron halo
- nuclear halo
- proton halo
Translations
Verb
halo (third-person singular simple present haloes, present participle haloing, simple past and past participle haloed)
- (transitive) To encircle with a halo.
- Synonym: inaureole
Related terms
- halation
Translations
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “halo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- hola
Bikol Central
Verb
halo (hálo)
- to hush, to make or become quiet
Noun
halo (hàlo)
- a pestle
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sal? (“filth, dirt”)
Noun
halo m
- saliva
References
- Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, pages 319
- Revue celtique. (1888). France: F. Vieweg., p 374
Catalan
Verb
halo
- first-person singular present indicative form of halar
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- hawo
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha?lo
Etymology
For the second noun sense, the monitor lizard's timidity likened to cowardice.
Noun
halo
- a monitor lizard
- (historical) a cowardly tattooed man
Verb
halo
- to mingle
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??alo]
- Hyphenation: ha?lo
Etymology 1
From Latin halos.
Noun
halo n
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
halo
- vocative singular of hala
Further reading
- halo in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- halo in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s, “disk of the sun or moon”).
Noun
halo c (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloer, definite plural haloerne)
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s, “disk of the sun or moon, ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor; disk of a shield”), itself of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?.lo?/
Noun
halo m (plural halo's, diminutive halootje n)
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon).
- Similar visual effect resulting from undesirable, roughly circular spots on an imperfectly developed photograph.
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Anagrams
- hola
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from English hall, German Halle, French halle, Polish hala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?halo/
- Hyphenation: ha?lo
- Rhymes: -alo
Noun
halo (accusative singular halon, plural haloj, accusative plural halojn)
- hall, very large room
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?lo/, [?h?lo?]
- Rhymes: -?lo
- Syllabification: ha?lo
Etymology 1
Verb
halo
- Indicative present connegative form of halkoa.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of halkoa.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of halkoa.
Etymology 2
From English halo, from Latin hal?s, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s).
Noun
halo
- halo
Declension
Derived terms
- haloilmiö
Anagrams
- Alho, alho, laho
French
Etymology
From Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s, “disk of the sun or moon, ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor; disk of a shield”), itself of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.lo/
Noun
halo m (plural halos)
- Halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
- Similar visual effect resulting from undesirable, roughly circular spots on an imperfectly developed photograph.
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “halo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- hola, holà
Galician
Verb
halo
- first-person singular present indicative of halar
Ido
Noun
halo (plural hali)
- hall, very large room
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch hallo. Compare Malay helo.
Interjection
halo
- hello
Latin
Etymology
Possibly a denominative verb from Proto-Indo-European *h?enh?-s-lo- (with spurious h), from *h?enh?- (“to breathe”), whence animus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ha?.lo?/, [?hä???o?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?a.lo/, [???l?]
Verb
h?l? (present infinitive h?l?re, perfect active h?l?v?, supine h?l?tum); first conjugation
- breathe
- emit, exhale, release (gas or fragrance)
- be fragrant
- P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid, Book I, ll. 416 ff.
- Ipsa Paphum sublimis abit sedesque revisit
Laeta suas ubi templum illi centumque Sabaeo???
Ture calent arae sertisque recentibus halant- [Venus] goes flying back to Paphos and sees happily again her seat
Where there is a temple to her and a hundred altars
That warmly glow with Sheban incense and are perfumed by fresh wreaths.
- [Venus] goes flying back to Paphos and sees happily again her seat
- Ipsa Paphum sublimis abit sedesque revisit
- P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid, Book I, ll. 416 ff.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- adh?l?
- anh?lo
- exh?l?
- inh?l?
- redh?l?
Synonyms
- sp?r?, feo
Descendants
- Old French: haler
- French: haleter
References
- halo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- halo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- halo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
halo m (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloer, definite plural haloene)
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
halo m (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloar, definite plural haloane)
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xa.l?/
Etymology 1
From English hallo.
Interjection
halo
- (when answering the telephone) hello
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s).
Noun
halo n
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
- buzz, hype
Declension
Indeclinable.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
halo
- vocative singular of hala
Further reading
- halo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s, “disk of the sun or moon”).
Noun
halo m (plural halos)
- (astronomy) halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
- Synonym: auréola
- (religion, iconography) halo (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
- Synonyms: auréola, nimbo
Romanian
Etymology
From French halo.
Noun
halo n (plural halouri)
- halo
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Noun
halo m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (astronomy) halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
Etymology 2
From English hallo.
Interjection
halo (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (when answering the telephone) hello
Synonyms
- zdravo
- ?ao
Spanish
Etymology
Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s, “disk of the sun or moon”).
Noun
halo m (plural halos)
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
- halo (nimbus around the head of a holy figure)
Verb
halo
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of halar.
Swedish
Etymology
Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ???? (hál?s, “disk of the sun or moon”). Related to English and Danish halo.
Noun
halo c (definite singular halon, indefinite plural halor / haloer, definite plural halorna / haloerna)
- halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
Declension
Tagalog
Noun
halò
- mixture
- mix (matter added to a mixture)
Noun
halo
- pestle
Anagrams
- laho
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girdle
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???dl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????dl?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English girdel, gerdel, gurdel, from Old English gyrdel, from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz (“girdle, belt”), equivalent to gird +? -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäddel (“belt”), West Frisian gurdle, gurle, gurl (“belt”), Dutch gordel (“belt”), German Gürtel (“belt”), Yiddish ??????? (gartl, “belt”) (whence English gartel), Swedish gördel (“girdle”), Icelandic gyrðill (“girdle”).
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
- That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
- A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
- The zodiac; also, the equator.
- 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope
- that gems the starry girdle of the year
- 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation
- from the world's girdle to the frozen pole
- under the girdle of the world
- 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope
- The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
- The clitellum of an earthworm.
- The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
Translations
Derived terms
- notch girdle
- peel girdle
Verb
girdle (third-person singular simple present girdles, present participle girdling, simple past and past participle girdled)
- (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
- (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
- (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
References
Anagrams
- Gilder, gilder, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel
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