| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun halo.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (halo) |
1. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.[Wordnet]. 2. A toroidal shape; "a halo of smoke".[Wordnet]. 3. A circle of light around the sun or moon.[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. 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.[Websters]. 6. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.[Websters]. 7. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb halo.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (halo) |
1. To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: haloing, haloed, haloes, halos, haloer, haloers, haloingly and haloedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Halos" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | Are rings around lights due to optical imperfections in or in front of the eye. (references) | ||
| Weather | Rings or arcs that encircle the sun or moon which are caused by refraction of light through ice crystals that make up cirrus clouds. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: HALOS | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Halos & Horns | 17 | Halos & Horns | 17 | |
| Headfirst for Halos | 13 | Halos & Horns Tour | 11 | |
| Halos & Horns Tour | 11 | Headfirst for Halos | 13 | |
| Horns and Halos | 5 | Horns and Halos | 5 | |
| The Halos | 4 | The Black Halos | 4 | |
| The Black Halos | 4 | The Halos | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | هالَةُ تَقْدِيسٍ إلخ يُحَاطُ بِها شَخْصٌ أو شَيْء (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), هالَة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), طُفَاوَة (foam, foamed, foaming, foams, froth), أَحَاطَ بِهَالة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), دارَة (villa, abode, abodes, chalet, chalets). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | هالَةُ تَقْدِيسٍ إلخ يُحَاطُ بِها شَخْصٌ أو شَيْء (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), هالَة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), طُفَاوَة (foam, foamed, foaming, foams, froth), أَحَاطَ بِهَالة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), دارَة (villa, abode, abodes, chalet, chalets). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | هالَةُ تَقْدِيسٍ إلخ يُحَاطُ بِها شَخْصٌ أو شَيْء (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), هالَة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), طُفَاوَة (foam, foamed, foaming, foams, froth), أَحَاطَ بِهَالة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), دارَة (villa, abode, abodes, chalet, chalets). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 荣光 (halo, halos, Gloria), 晕轮 (halo, halos), 光环 (halo, aureola, aureole, a ring of light, corona). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 光環 (aureola, aureole, corona, gloria, halo), 榮光 (halo, halos), 暈輪 (halo, halos). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Heiligenscheine (glorioles, halos, haloes). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | auréoles (haloes, halos, aureoles, exalt, glory), nimbes (haloes, halos, aureoles), halos (haloes, halos). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | auréoles (haloes, halos, aureoles, exalt, glory), nimbes (haloes, halos, aureoles), halos (haloes, halos). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Heiligenscheine (glorioles, halos, haloes). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | هالَةُ تَقْدِيسٍ إلخ يُحَاطُ بِها شَخْصٌ أو شَيْء (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), هالَة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), طُفَاوَة (foam, foamed, foaming, foams, froth), أَحَاطَ بِهَالة (halo, haloed, haloing, halos), دارَة (villa, abode, abodes, chalet, chalets). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Heiligenscheine (glorioles, halos, haloes). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Heiligenscheine (glorioles, halos, haloes). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | halos (halos), aureolas (haloes, halos). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, halos. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
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