different between luminous vs aureola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin l?min?sus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?m?n?s/

Adjective

luminous (comparative more luminous, superlative most luminous)

1. Emitting light; glowing brightly.

   Synonyms: beamful, shining, radiant; see also Thesaurus:shining

   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 11, [1]

     The bonfire in his heart made luminous the rose-tan in his cheek.

2. Brightly illuminated.

   Synonyms: lighted, lit up; see also Thesaurus:illuminated

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• luminosity

Related terms

• illuminate

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• aureole

Etymology

From Latin aurea (“golden”).

Noun

aureola (plural aureolas or aureolae)

1. Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.

Usage notes

• Distinct from the nimbus, which only covers the head.
• Not to be confused with areola.

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?r?.o.la/

Noun

aureola f (plural aureole)

1. halo
2. aureole
3. aura

Latin

Adjective

aureola

1. nominative feminine singular of aureolus
2. nominative neuter plural of aureolus
3. accusative neuter plural of aureolus
4. vocative feminine singular of aureolus
5. nominative neuter plural of aureolus

Adjective

aureol?

1. ablative feminine singular of aureolus

References

• aureola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin aureola (corona) ("golden (crown)").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.wr???.la/

Noun

aureola f (diminutive aureolka)

1. halo, nimbus
2. aureole (circle of light or halo around the head of a saint)

   Synonym: nimb

Declension

Further reading

• aureola in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• aureola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

aureola

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of aureolar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of aureolar

Romanian

Etymology

From French auréoler.

Verb

a aureola (third-person singular present aureoleaz?, past participle aureolat) 1st conj.

1. to surround with a halo
2. to glorify

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aur?ola/
• Hyphenation: a?u?re?o?la

Noun

aurèola f (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. aureola, halo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin [Term?].

Noun

aureola f (plural aureolas)

1. halo (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
2. (anatomy) areola

   Synonym: areola

3. (astronomy) corona

Derived terms

• aureolar

Further reading

• “aureola” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.