halos

See also: HALOs, Halos, hálos, and halo's

English

Noun

halos

1. plural of halo

Verb

halos

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of halo

Anagrams

• LOHAS, Sohal, shoal, shola, solah

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

halos m

1. plural of halo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈha.loːs/, [ˈhäɫ̪oːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.los/, [ˈäːlos]

Noun

halōs f (genitive halō); third declension

1. halo (a circle around the sun or moon)

   Synonym: ārea

2. (Medieval Latin) halo (a luminous ring floating above the head)

   Synonyms: nimbus, aureola

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	halōs
Genitive	halō
Dative	halō
Accusative	halō halōn
Ablative	halō
Vocative	halōs

Descendants

From the accusative halō:

• → English: halo
• → German: Halo
• → Czech: halo
• → Danish: halo
• → Dutch: halo
• → Finnish: halo
• → French: halo
  • → Romanian: halo, halou
• → Norwegian Bokmål: halo
• → Polish: halo
• → Portuguese: halo
• → Swedish: halo
• → Spanish: halo
• → Yiddish: האַלאָ (halo)

From halōnem, accusative of halō, halōnis m.:

• Italian: alone

See also

• φωτοστέφανο (fotostéfano)

References

• halos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “halos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• halos in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

halos

1. plural of halo

Spanish

Noun

halos m pl

1. plural of halo

Swedish

Noun

halos

1. indefinite genitive singular of halo

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhalos/ [ˈha.los]
• Rhymes: -alos
• Syllabification: ha‧los

Adverb

halos (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜐ᜔)

1. almost; nearly

Further reading

• “halos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018