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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

aureola en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/ (UK)
  • /ɑˈɹiː.ə.lə/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə/ (US)

Etymology

From Latin aurea (“golden”) + -ola.

Meanings

  1. Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
  2. An increment to the ordinary blessedness of heaven gained by virgins, martyrs, and doctors for their triumph respectively over the flesh, the world, and the devil.

Forms

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aureole alternative lexicographic
aureolas Number=Plur lexicographic
aureolae Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (24)

ca aurèola (luminous cloud) · nb glorie (luminous cloud) · tr hale (luminous cloud) · ru орео́л (luminous cloud) · gl auréola (luminous cloud) · de Strahlenkranz (luminous cloud) · cs svatozář (luminous cloud) · fr auréole (luminous cloud) · cmn 光環 /光环 (luminous cloud) · es aureola (luminous cloud) · fi pyhimyskehä (luminous cloud) · cs nimbus (luminous cloud) · de Heiligenschein (luminous cloud) · pt auréola (luminous cloud) · cs aureola (luminous cloud) · bg орео́л (luminous cloud) · cmn 光輪 /光轮 (luminous cloud) · de Glorie (luminous cloud) · ru а́ура (luminous cloud) · ru нимб (luminous cloud) · nn glorie (luminous cloud) · pl aureola (luminous cloud) · ja 円光 (luminous cloud) · it aureola (luminous cloud)