aureole

See also: auréole and auréolé

English

Etymology

From Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) ("golden (crown)").

Noun

aureole (plural aureoles)

1. (astronomy) Corona.
2. A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
   • 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", chapter 122:

     They sat quietly, side by side, without speaking. Philip enjoyed having her near him. He was warmed by her radiant health. A glow of life seemed like an aureole to shine about her.

3. (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.

Derived terms

• aureolate

Translations

circle of light or halo around the head of a deity

• Catalan: aurèola f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圓光, 圆光 (zh) (yuánguāng)

• French: auréole (fr) f
• German: Heiligenschein (de) m, Aureole f
• Japanese: 後光 (ごこう, gokō)

• Romanian: nimb (ro) n, aureolă (ro) f
• Russian: ореол (ru) m (oreól), нимб (ru) m (nimb)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ореол m, нимбус m

  Roman: oreol m, nimbus m

References

• “aureole” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “aureole” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
• "aureole" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
• "aureole" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “aureole” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

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Italian

Noun

aureole f

1. plural form of aureola

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Latin

Adjective

aureole

1. vocative masculine singular of aureolus

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Portuguese

Verb

aureole

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of aureolar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of aureolar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of aureolar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of aureolar