🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

halo noun

  /ˈheɪloʊ/ , /ˈheɪləʊ/
  • (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
auréole, nimbe
  • 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.
  • Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
  • The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
halo

halo- prefix

  /ˈhæləʊ/
  • sea, salt, salt water
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🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

halo noun {m}

  /a.lo/
  • (Optique) Anneau ou aire circulaire lumineuse, et de diverses couleurs qui apparaît autour des astres et principalement du Soleil et de la Lune, quand ils sont vus à travers une atmosphère brumeuse, vaporeuse
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