halo

Other forms of halo

plural

haloes

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about halo

What does halo mean?

halo means "an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in halo?

halo has 2 syllables: ha-lo. The stress falls on "ha". In IPA it is /ˈheɪloʊ/.

What is another word for halo?

Close synonyms include aura, aureole, nimbus, glory, gloriole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is halo a common word?

halo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.