hallo

From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey +‎ lo.

• IPA^(key): /həˈləʊ/, /hæˈləʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

hallo

1. Alternative form of hello
2. (dated) A cry of surprise.
   • 1890, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, London: Spencer Blackett:

     It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the — But hallo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.

• (hello): See Thesaurus:hello
• (cry of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow

hallo (plural hallos or halloes)

1. The cry "hallo!"
2. A shout of exultation.

hallo (third-person singular simple present hallos or halloes, present participle halloing, simple past and past participle halloed)

1. (intransitive) To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
2. (transitive) To chase while shouting "hallo!"
3. (transitive) To cry "hallo" (to someone).
4. (transitive) To shout (something).

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• Category:Greetings

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• IPA^(key): /ɦaləu/

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hallo

1. hello

Imperative of Middle High German haln (“to fetch (a ferryman)”); see German hallo.

• IPA^(key): /halɔ/, [haˈlɔ] or IPA^(key): /halɔː/, [haˈlɔː]

hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)
2. (as a noun, rare) n hello ("Hello!" or an equivalent greeting)

• “hallo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English hello, halloo, hollo.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑˈloː/

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• Hyphenation: hal‧lo
• Rhymes: -oː

hallo

1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody) [from 19th c.]

• Petjo: hallo
• → Indonesian: halo

hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)
2. hello (a call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected)

Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related to Old High German holā, emphatic imperative of holōn (“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”), from Proto-West Germanic *holōn (“to fetch”). Also see French holà (“hey! stop!”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalo/, /haˈloː/

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hallo

1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)

• aber hallo

• “hallo” in Duden online
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “hello”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “hallo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone or when meeting somebody)

hallō

1. dative/ablative singular of hallus

From German hallo, Hallo.

hallo

1. hello (greeting)

• “hallo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German hallo, Hallo.

hallo

1. hello (greeting)

• “hallo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English hello, halloo, hollo.

• IPA^(key): /haˈɫoː/

hallo

1. Hello.

hallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of hallar

From Dutch hallo.

• IPA^(key): /haˈloː/

hallo

1. hello

• “hallo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011