Halo

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3) Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
 * 4)  nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
 * 5) The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

Synonyms

 * aureole, nimbus

Derived terms

 * halo effect
 * halo nucleus
 * neutron halo
 * nuclear halo
 * proton halo

Verb

 * 1)  To encircle with a halo.

Adjectives for Halo
majestic; radiant; glistening; hollow.

Verbs for Halo
a; crown with—; display—; fashion —; form—; garland with—; invest with—; spread—around; suspend—; weave—; — appears; —blinks; —encircles; —encompass¬es; —girdles; —glorifies; —hovers over; —radiates; —surrounds; —wreathes.

Thesaurus
O, annular muscle, annulation, annulus, anthelion, antisun, areola, aura, aureola, aureole, blaze of glory, brilliance, brilliancy, chaplet, charisma, circle, circuit, circumference, circus, closed circle, corona, coronet, countersun, crown, cycle, diadem, disc, discus, disk, envelope, eternal return, fairy ring, garland, glamour, glory, illustriousness, lasso, logical circle, loop, looplet, lunar corona, lunar halo, luster, magic, magic circle, mock moon, mock sun, moon dog, mystique, nimbus, noose, numinousness, orbit, paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion, radiance, radius, rainbow, resplendence, resplendency, ring, rondelle, round, roundel, saucer, solar corona, solar halo, sphincter, splendor, sun dog, vesica, vicious circle, wheel, wreath

Etymology
From halos: from  ἅλως:, (also undefined: and undefined:), itself of unknown origin, one theory being from  هاله:. Used in English since 1563, sense of light around someone’s head since 1646.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 暈 (Kasa)


 * Korean: 무리 (muri)
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-solais
 * Slovak: žiara
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: haloo


 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-solais


 * Bosnian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: nimbo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κύκλος φωτός
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 輪っか
 * Marathi: तेजोवलय
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-solais
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: златокруг, светокруг , ,
 * Roman: zlatokrug, svetokrug , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:

Verb

 * Dutch: van een


 * Turkish:

Related terms

 * halation

Anagrams

 * hola

Noun
halo


 * 1) saliva

Etymology
From halos: from  ἅλως:, (also undefined: and undefined:), itself of unknown origin.

Noun

 * 1) Halo.
 * 2) Similar visual effect resulting from undesirable, roughly circular spots on an imperfectly developed photograph.

Anagrams

 * hola

Noun

 * 1) hall, very large room

Noun

 * 1) halo

Derived terms

 * haloilmiö

Anagrams

 * alho, laho

Etymology
From halos: from  ἅλως:, (also undefined: and undefined:), itself of unknown origin.

Noun

 * 1) Halo
 * 2) Similar visual effect resulting from undesirable, roughly circular spots on an imperfectly developed photograph.

Anagrams

 * hola, holà

Noun

 * 1) hall, very large room

Interjection
halo


 * 1) hello

Verb

 * 1) I breathe.

Etymology 1
From hallo

Interjection

 * 1) (when answering the telephone) hello

Etymology 2
From ἅλως

Noun

 * 1) halo (meaning 1 and 2)

Noun

 * 1) vocative singular of

Noun

 * 1) Halo