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See also:helló

English

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English phrasebook
This entry is part of thephrasebook project, which presentscriteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.
For other English entries on this topic, seeGreetings.
WOTD – 19 November 2007

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Hello (first attested in 1826), fromholla,hollo (attested 1588). This variant ofhallo is often credited toThomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades.

Ultimately from a variant of Old Englishēalā, such ashēlā, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to howhey and (in some dialects)hi are used nowadays. Thus, equivalent to a compound ofhey andlo. Used when drawing attention to yourself.

Possibly influenced byOld Saxonhalo!, imperative ofhalōn(“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin toOld High Germanhala,hola!, imperative forms ofhalōn,holōn(“to fetch”). More athallo.

OED and Merriam-Webster also suggested that it is a variant ofholla, a variant ofholloo. Further beyond, the origin remains uncertain. OED and Merriam-Webster suggested that it has a connection betweenhallow(“to shout, to cry out loud”), which came from Old Frenchholloer.

According toAltfranzösisches Wörterbuch, Old Frenchholloer is from Old Saxonhalon.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hello

  1. Agreeting (salutation) said whenmeeting someone oracknowledging someone’sarrival orpresence.
    Hello, everyone.
  2. A greeting used whenanswering thetelephone.
    Hello? How may I help you?
  3. A call forresponse if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have beendisconnected.
    Hello? Is anyone there?
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs.[…] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
  4. (colloquial)Usedsarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to befoolish, or missed something that should have beenobvious.
    You just tried to start your car with your cell phone.Hello?
    • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
      Uh,hello? We're using a CANNON to get to the moon? Isn't that, like, dangerous?
  5. (chiefly UK)An expression ofpuzzlement ordiscovery.
    Hello! What’s going on here?

Usage notes

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  • The greetinghello is among the most universal and neutral in use. It may be heard in nearly all social situations and nearly all walks of life and is unlikely to offend.
  • In the derived senses, the word-final stress may be emphasized to focus attention, but word-initial stress is also heard in certain contexts, such as some uses ofhello there, and even in isolation.

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Descendants

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Translations

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greeting
when answering the telephone
is anyone there?
sarcastic: that was foolish
expression of puzzlement
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See also

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Noun

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hello (pluralhellosorhelloes)

  1. "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.
    • 2007 April 29, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, inNew York Times‎[1]:
      In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lippedhellos at the mailbox.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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hello (third-person singular simple presenthellosorhelloes,present participlehelloing,simple past and past participlehelloed)

  1. (transitive) Togreet with "hello".
    • 1891,Records and Briefs in Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Minnesota, page227:
      She is there guarding and looking after the candy and the children generally, and shehelloes and renders an exclamation that Maidie is crossing the street.
    • 1927,Ohio State Engineer, page18:
      Hehelloes to my daughter:[…]
    • 2012,Mark Dolan,Do You Mind if I Put My Hand on it?: Journeys into the Worlds of the Weird,HarperCollinsPublishers,→ISBN:
      ‘Hello Minka! Great to meet you!’ Minka seems nonplussed at what I thought was an uncontroversial opening remark. There’s an awkward pause. She thenhelloes me back. But that’s all I get.
    • 2013, Ivan Doig,English Creek, page139:
      I had to traipse around somewhat,helloing people and beinghelloed, before I spotted my mother and my father, sharing shade and a spread blanket with Pete and Marie Reese and Toussaint Rennie near the back of the park.

Anagrams

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Etymology

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FromEnglishhello.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hello

  1. (anglicism)hello,hi

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Noun

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hello ngo (pluralhellooji ɗi)

  1. apage
  2. one side of awall, a wall
  3. aslap in the face

References

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