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Webster 1913 Edition

Halo

Ha′lo

(hā′lō̍)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Halos
(-lōz)
.
[L.
halos
, acc.
halo
, Gr.
ἄλωσ
a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr.
εἰλύειν
to enfold,
ἐλύειν
to roll round, L.
volvere
, and E.
voluble
.]
1.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
2.
A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
3.
An ideal glory investing, or affecting one’s perception of, an object.
4.
A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

Ha′lo

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Haloed
(-lōd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Haloing
.]
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
The fire
That
haloed
round his saintly brow.
Southey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Halo

HA'LO

,
Noun.
A circle appearing round the body of the sun, moon or stars, called also Corona, or crown. Halos are sometimes white and sometimes colored. Sometimes one only appears, and sometimes several concentric circles appear at the same time.

Definition 2024

haló

haló

See also: halo, Halo, HALO, halló, halò, halo-, hal-o, and háló

Czech

Interjection

haló

  1. hello (when answering phone)

Hungarian

Etymology

hal +‎ -ó

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒloː]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ló

Adjective

haló (not comparable)

  1. dying
    Isten nyugtassa haló porában is - God bless him/her. Blessed be his/her memory.

Declension

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Verb

haló

  1. present participle of hal

Spanish

Verb

haló

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) preterite indicative form of halar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) preterite indicative form of halar.

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