FromMiddle English halou ,halow ,halloo ( interjection used to call attention ) , representingOld English hēlā ,ǣlā ,ēalā ( “ O!, alas!, oh!, lo! ” ) , equivalent tohey +lo .
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Alternative form ofhello ( dated ) A cry ofsurprise .1890 February,A[rthur] Conan Doyle , “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, inThe Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett [ … ] ,→OCLC ,page98 :It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the— Buthallo ! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
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The cry "hallo!" A shout of exultation. hallo (third-person singular simple present hallos or halloes ,present participle halloing ,simple past and past participle halloed )
( intransitive ) To shout, or to call with a loud voice.( transitive ) To chase while shouting "hallo!"( transitive ) To cry "hallo" (to someone).( transitive ) To shout (something).hallo
hello Imperative ofMiddle High German haln ( “ to fetch (a ferryman) ” ) ; seeGerman hallo .
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hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)Anexclamation to getattention . ( as a noun, rare ) n hello ( "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting ) Borrowed fromEnglish hello ,halloo ,hollo .
IPA (key ) : /ɦɑˈloː/ Hyphenation:hal‧lo Rhymes:-oː hallo
hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)[from 19th c.] (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
IPA (key ) : /ˈhɑlˑo/ ,[ˈ(h)ɑlˑo] Rhymes:-ɑlˑo Hyphenation:hal‧lo hallo
hello ( exclamation to indicate oneself, which usually is used when starting a telephone call ) ( informal ) an exclamation indicating wonder, demand, disapproval Ma teen kõike üksi,hallo , mis mul viga on! I do everything alone,hello , what's wrong with me! hallo inSõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)“hallo ”, in[ EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language ] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009 Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related toOld High German holā , emphatic imperative ofholōn ( “ to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *holōn ( “ to fetch ” ) . Also seeFrench holà ( “ hey! stop! ” ) .
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hello (a general greeting used when meeting someone)hallo
hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone or when meeting somebody)hallō
dative / ablative singular ofhallus FromGerman hallo ,Hallo .
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hello (greeting)FromGerman hallo ,Hallo .
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hello (greeting)Borrowed fromEnglish hello ,halloo ,hollo .
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first-person singular present indicative ofhallar FromDutch hallo .
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hello “hallo ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011