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Definition: Aureole |
AureoleNoun1. The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Aureole" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a radiant halo", "golden". |
Date "aureole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Name given to that exterior ring in a series which is nearest the luminary in a corona, and is ususally quite distinct. It is reddish or chestnut in hue and, as a rule, less than 5 degrees radius. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A circular or crescentic distribution pattern about the source or origin of a mineral, ore, mineral association, or petrographic feature. It is encountered principally in magnetic and geochemical surveys. CF:dispersion pattern b. Discoloration of a mineral, viewed in thin section, in the form of a ring. Most haloes of this sort are caused by radiation damage by alpha particles emitted from uranium- and thorium-bearing mineral inclusions c. A zone surrounding an igneous intrusion, in which the country rock shows the effects of contact metamorphism. Syn:contact zone; metamorphic aureole d. A zone of alteration or other chemical reaction surrounding a mineral in a rock.e. See:halo. (references) |
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Synonym: AureoleSynonym: corona (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repute | Chief; (master); first fiddle; (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon; (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels; (trophy). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aureole |
| English words defined with "aureole": Aureola ♦ Gloriole ♦ Vesica piscis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aureole": parautochthonous granite. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "aureole": Dory ♦ Oriole. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aureole" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (aureole, corona, halo). |
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| "Aureole" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.21% of the time. "Aureole" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.21% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.79% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aureole | 60 |
aureole restaurant | 18 |
aureole las vegas | 8 |
aureole new york | 5 |
aureole new restaurant york | 4 |
aureole las restaurant vegas | 3 |
angel aureole | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aureole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aureolë (aura, aureola, halo), shkëlqim (aureola, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, distinction, eclat, effulgence, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flame, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glow, halo, irradiation, lambency, luster, lustre, nimbus, pageantry, polish, pomp, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هالة (aura, circle, corona, glory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слава (fame, glory, kudos, laurels, luster, lustre, record, renown), сияние (aureola, eradiation, flush, irradiance, irradiation, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen), ореол (aureola, flare, gloriole, glory, halation, halo, nimbus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aureola (aureola, hallway), gloriola (aureola). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aureol, kontaktzone (contact aureole, contact zone), kontaktaureole (contact aureole, contact zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aureool (halo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aŭreolo (halo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | ljómi (halo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هاله یانورگرداگردسرمقدسین , هاله نورانی اطراف خورشید. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sädekehä (halo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | auréole (aureola). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aureole (corona, halo), Strahlenkrone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φωτεινή στεφάνη, φωτοστέφανοσ (aura, halo, nimbus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ל" (aura, corona, crown, halation, halo, radiance, that). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fényudvar (bur, burr, corona, halation, halo, irradiation), dicsfénnyel körülvesz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aureola (aura, halo, nimbus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | praba (halo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aureoleay auréola (aureola, circle, gloriole, halo, nimbus, radiance, radiancy). (various references) ореол (aura, aureola, gloriole, halation, halo, nimbus). (various references) oreol (aureola, halo, nimbus). (various references) aureola (aura, halo). (various references) gloria (aureola, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus). (various references) ayla (aureola, corona, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus, ring), atmosfer (atmosphere, aura, aureola), ağıl (aureola, compound, corral, cot, Cote, fold, halation, hovel, lair, pen, Pinfold, pound, sheep fold, sheep pen, stockyard, yard), hale (aureola, corona, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus, ring), ışık halkası (aureola, halo, nimbus). (various references) сяйво (aureola, flame, nimbus, refulgence, sheen), слава (aureola, celebration, celebrity, chit chat, fame, glorification, glory, luster, lustre, odor, odour, renown), шана (aureola, obeisance, observance, worship), ореол (aureola, gloriole, halation, halo, nimbus), німб (aureola, gloriole, glory, nimbus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aureole": aureoled, aureoles. (additional references) | |
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"Aureole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aereola, areol, areoli, arepole, ariole, Arseole, Aubevoye, augelli, aurelos, aurels, Aureol, Aureola, aureolet, aureolin, aurola, aurole, eurolex, luteola, lutreola, Sarehole. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: areole. | |
-2 letters: laree, ureal. | |
-3 letters: aero, alee, aloe, earl, euro, lear, leer, lore, lour, lure, olea, oral, orle, rale, real, reel, role, roue, rule, urea. | |
-4 letters: ale, are, ear, eau, eel, era, ere, lar, lea, lee, leu, oar, ole, ora, ore, our, ree, roe, rue. | |
-5 letters: ae, al, ar, el, er, la, lo, oe, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: aleurone, aureolae, aureoled, aureoles. | |
+2 letters: aleurones, overvalue, urceolate. | |
+3 letters: belaboured, edulcorate, journalese, leukorrhea, loungewear, operculate, outgeneral, outlearned, overhauled, overvalued, overvalues, recoupable, repopulate, roquelaure, travelogue. | |
+4 letters: barrelhouse, beglamoured, counterplea, edulcorated, edulcorates, executorial, journaleses, leukorrheal, leukorrheas, loudspeaker, nonreusable, operculated, outgenerals, overcareful, overzealous, quarrelsome, redoubtable, reformulate, reinoculate, repopulated, repopulates, roquelaures, travelogues, unelaborate, unmemorable, unremovable. | |
+5 letters: barrelhouses, boulevardier, counterpleas, deregulation, doubleheader, equiprobable, extraneously, heterosexual, inoperculate, loudspeakers, nomenclature, nonregulated, nonreusables, outgeneraled, overpopulate, overregulate, overslaughed, pasqueflower, polyurethane, porcelaneous, preformulate, prosecutable, reevaluation, reformulated, reformulates, reinoculated, reinoculates, repopularize, reregulation, ribonuclease, somatopleure, somersaulted, superovulate, superposable, troublemaker, uncorrelated, ungovernable, unobservable, unreasonable, unresolvable. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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