aureola

• aureole

From Latin aurea (“golden”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə/, /ɑˈɹiː.ə.lə/ (cot–caught merger)

aureola (plural aureolas or aureolae)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɛ.o.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛola
• Hyphenation: au‧rè‧o‧la

aureola f (plural aureole)

1. halo
2. aureole
3. aura

aureola

1. inflection of aureolus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

aureolā

1. ablative feminine singular of aureolus

• aureola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) ("golden (crown)").

• IPA^(key): /aw.rɛˈɔ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: au‧re‧o‧la

aureola f (diminutive aureolka)

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

   Synonyms: gloria, nimb, nimbus

3. (literary) halo (the metaphorical aura of glory)

   Synonyms: gloria, halo, nimb

• aureola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aureola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

aureola

1. inflection of aureolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From French auréoler.

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

1. to surround with a halo
2. to glorify

• IPA^(key): /aurěola/
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧re‧o‧la

aurèola f (Cyrillic spelling аурѐола)

1. aureola, halo

From Latin [Term?].

aureola f (plural aureolas)

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

   Synonym: areola

3. (astronomy) corona

• aureolar

aureola

1. inflection of aureolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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