aureola

• aureole

From Latin aurea (“golden”).

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

aureola (plural aureolas or aureolae)

1. Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
2. (theology) 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.

• 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/vocative 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)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aureola corōna.

• IPA^(key): /aw.rɛˈɔ.la/

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

aureola f (diminutive aureolka)

1. (art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)

   Synonyms: gloria, nimb, nimbus

2. (literary) aureole, halo, nimbus (light circle around some sources of light)
3. (literary) aureole (hair resembling a halo around the heads of saints)
4. (literary) halo (the metaphorical aura of glory)

   Synonyms: gloria, chwała, nimb, sława, splendor

• 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

Borrowed from French auréoler.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /auɾeˈola/ [au̯.ɾeˈo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: au‧re‧o‧la

Borrowed from Latin aureola.

aureola f (plural aureolas)

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

   Synonym: areola

3. (astronomy) corona

   Synonym: corona

aureola

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

• “aureola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024