English Online Dictionary. What means halo? What does halo mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “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 هلال and תהילה. Used in English since 1563, sense of light around someone’s head since 1646.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈheɪləʊ/
- (US) enPR: hāʹlō, IPA(key): /ˈheɪloʊ/
- Rhymes: -eɪləʊ
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.
- (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, “halo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
Anagrams
- hola
Bikol Central
Verb
halo (hálo)
- to hush, to make or become quiet
Noun
halo (hàlo)
- a pestle
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *salā (“filth, dirt”)
Noun
halo m
- saliva
References
- Matasović, Ranko, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, 2009, →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): [ˈɦalo]
- 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 Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- halo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “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 ἅλως (hálōs, “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): /ˈɦaː.loː/
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): /ˈhalo/
- Hyphenation: ha‧lo
- Rhymes: -alo
Noun
halo (accusative singular halon, plural haloj, accusative plural halojn)
- hall, very large room
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑlo/, [ˈhɑlo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑlo
- 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 halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs).
Noun
halo
- halo
Declension
Derived terms
- haloilmiö
Anagrams
- Alho, alho, laho
French
Etymology
From Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “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 *h₂enh₁-s-lo- (with spurious h), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), whence animus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhaː.loː/, [ˈhäːɫ̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.lo/, [ˈɑːlɔ]
Verb
hālō (present infinitive hālāre, perfect active hālāvī, supine hālātum); 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
- adhālō
- anhēlo
- exhālō
- inhālō
- redhālō
Synonyms
- spīrō, feo
Descendants
- Old French: haler
- French: haleter
References
- halo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- halo in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- halo in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
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): /ˈxa.lɔ/
Etymology 1
From English hallo.
Interjection
halo
- (when answering the telephone) hello
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs).
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 ἅλως (hálōs, “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 хало)
- (astronomy) halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
Etymology 2
From English hallo.
Interjection
halo (Cyrillic spelling хало)
- (when answering the telephone) hello
Synonyms
- zdravo
- ćao
Spanish
Etymology
Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “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 ἅλως (hálōs, “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