hallo
English
Etymology
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.
Interjection
hallo
- Alternative form of hello
- (dated) A cry of surprise.
- 1890, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four,
- 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.
- 1890, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four,
Synonyms
- (hello): See Thesaurus:hello
- (cry of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow
Verb
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).
Conjugation
conjugation of hallo
infinitive | hallo | ||||||||||
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present participle | halloing | ||||||||||
past participle | halloed | ||||||||||
simple | progressive | perfect | perfect progressive | ||||||||
present | I hallo | we hallo | I am halloing | we are halloing | I have halloed | we have halloed | I have been halloing | we have been halloing | |||
you hallo | you hallo | you are halloing | you are halloing | you have halloed | you have halloed | you have been halloing | you have been halloing | ||||
he hallos | they hallo | he is halloing | they are halloing | he has halloed | they have halloed | he has been halloing | they have been halloing | ||||
past | I halloed | we halloed | I was halloing | we were halloing | I had halloed | we had halloed | I had been halloing | we had been halloing | |||
you halloed | you halloed | you were halloing | you were halloing | you had halloed | you had halloed | you had been halloing | you had been halloing | ||||
he halloed | they halloed | he was halloing | they were halloing | he had halloed | they had halloed | he had been halloing | they had been halloing | ||||
future | I will hallo | we will hallo | I will be halloing | we will be halloing | I will have halloed | we will have halloed | I will have been halloing | we will have been halloing | |||
you will hallo | you will hallo | you will be halloing | you will be halloing | you will have halloed | you will have halloed | you will have been halloing | you will have been halloing | ||||
he will hallo | they will hallo | he will be halloing | they will be halloing | he will have halloed | they will have halloed | he will have been halloing | they will have been halloing | ||||
conditional | I would hallo | we would hallo | I would be halloing | we would be halloing | I would have halloed | we would have halloed | I would have been halloing | we would have been halloing | |||
you would hallo | you would hallo | you would be halloing | you would be halloing | you would have halloed | you would have halloed | you would have been halloing | you would have been halloing | ||||
he would hallo | they would hallo | he would be halloing | they would be halloing | he would have halloed | they would have halloed | he would have been halloing | they would have been halloing | ||||
imperative | hallo |
See also
- lo
- Category:Greetings
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑˈloː/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -oː
Estonian
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhalo/, /haˈloː/
(file)
Derived terms
Interlingua
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haˈloː/
Further reading
- “hallo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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