aura
/ˈɔːɹə/
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Australia/ˈoːɹə/
aura noun: a subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
Noun
aura (countable and uncountable, plural aurae or auræ or auras)
- A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
- Clare had studied the curves of those lips so many times that he could reproduce them mentally with ease: and now, as they again confronted him, clothed with colour and life, they sent an aura over his flesh, a breeze through his nerves, which well nigh produced a qualm; and actually produced, by...1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume II, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the third (The Rally), page 38
- A distinctive atmosphere or quality surrounding or associated with something or someone.
- This place has an aura of 19th century Paris.
- His latest successes have endued him with an aura of invincibility.
- A supposed emanation from and surrounding a living person or thing, regarded by mystics as consisting of the essence of the individual.
- Enough then, that I not only recognised my natural body from the mere aura and effulgence of certain of the powers that made up my spirit, […].1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC
- The charisma or suave excellence of a person, especially implying their vibe or energy.
- Near-synonym: rizz
- He has insane aura.
- Synonyms:
- rizz
- A subjective sensation experienced at the onset of a neurological condition, especially a migraine headache or epileptic seizure.
- A surrounding.
- It was not the kind of face he had expected to see at all. It was young, smooth-skinned, heart-shaped, surrounded by an aura of vivid titian hair that coiled luxuriantly.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 80
- A gentle breeze, a zephyr.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: AURA
AURA
- Acronym of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.
- Acronym of Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Aura
Aura (countable and uncountable, plural Auras)
- A diminutive of the female given name Aurelia, from Latin.
- Aura Lea, Aura Lea, / Maid with golden hair;1861 W. W. Fosdick - George R. Poulton, Aura Lea (a song)
- A minor female deity.
Examples of aura in a sentence
- One might subsume the eliminated element in the term “aura” and go on to say: that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction is the aura of the work of art.1936, Harry Zohn, transl., The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, translation of Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner...
- Darwinism and related theories in anthropology and sociology helped to give an aura of respectability to racism in both Europe and America.1993 [1972], Norman Coombs, The Black Experience in America:
- Tht Nigga [Adolf Hitler] has no aura He dress like a medieval Queer2023 December 20, @sugarsmorecake, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2024:
- how can he still have aura even without showing his face2024 February 26, @lfcemii, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2024:
Synonyms of aura
Forms of aura
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | aurae |
| plural | auræ |
| plural | auras |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Auras |
| alternative form | Ora |
Origin of aura
Learned borrowing from Latin aura (“a breeze, a breath of air, the air”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of east, auster, air, and aria. Sense 4 originated in the early 2020s and was popularized on TikTok around May 2024.
The name of the deity is from Ancient Greek Αὔρα (Aúra), from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze”).
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Questions about aura
- What does aura mean?
- Aura means a subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
- How do you use aura in a sentence?
- One might subsume the eliminated element in the term “aura” and go on to say: that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction is the aura of the work of art.
- What part of speech is aura?
- Aura can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce aura?
- Aura is pronounced /ˈɔːɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aura?
- The plural of aura is aurae.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aura (page history and authors); AURA (page history and authors); Aura (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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