mandorla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mandorla. Doublet of amygdala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mænˈdɔː(ɹ)lə/

Noun

mandorla (plural mandorlas)

  1. 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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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmandorla]

Noun

mandorla ?

  1. mandorla

Galician

A mandorla illustrates the Historia Turpini of the Codex Calixtinus

Etymology

From Italian mandorla. Doublet of améndoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈdɔɾla̝/

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorlas)

  1. mandorla

Further reading

References

  • mandorla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.dor.la/

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorle)

  1. almond (fruit/nut)

Descendants

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Polish

Etymology

From Italian mandorla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈdɔr.la/

Noun

mandorla f

  1. (art) mandorla

Declension

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil, Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈdɔɾlɐ/
  • Hyphenation: man‧dor‧la

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorlas)

  1. mandorla

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈdorla/, [mãn̪ˈd̪orla]
  • Hyphenation: man‧dor‧la

Noun

mandorla f (plural mandorlas)

  1. mandorla

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Swedish

Noun

mandorla c

  1. mandorla

Declension

Declension of mandorla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mandorla mandorlan mandorlor mandorlorna
Genitive mandorlas mandorlans mandorlors mandorlornas

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