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 in traditional 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.
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Translations
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈdɔɾla̝/
Further reading
- “mandorla” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈman.dor.la/
Related terms
Descendants
- → Serbo-Croatian: mandula
Further reading
mandorla on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈdɔr.la/
Declension
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈdorla/, [mãn̪ˈd̪orla]
- Hyphenation: 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 |
Further reading
- mandorla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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