mandorla
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mænˈdɔː(ɹ)lə/
Noun
mandorla (plural mandorlas)
- A vesica piscis-shaped aureola that surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, or represents God the Father (who is not traditionally depicted) in traditional Eastern Christian art.
- 2005, Andreas Andreopoulos, Metamorphosis: The Transfiguration in Byzantine Theology and Iconography:
- In addition, the mandorla may be considered on a more primal level as an archetypically ritual shape that transcends conscious and intentional symbolism, thus falling under the category of the mandala.
Translations
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmandorla]
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈdɔɾla̝/
References
- “mandorla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Further reading
- “mandorla”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈman.dor.la/
- Rhymes: -andorla
- Hyphenation: màn‧dor‧la
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Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- mandorla on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈdɔr.la/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrla
- Syllabification: man‧dor‧la
Declension
Further reading
- mandorla in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔʁ.lɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈdɔɦ.lɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔɾ.lɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔʁ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔɻ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔɾ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: man‧dor‧la
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈdoɾla/ [mãn̪ˈd̪oɾ.la]
- Rhymes: -oɾla
- Syllabification: man‧dor‧la
Further reading
- “mandorla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Declension
Declension of mandorla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mandorla | mandorlan | mandorlor | mandorlorna |
Genitive | mandorlas | mandorlans | mandorlors | mandorlornas |
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