See also: hallo and Hallo

Faroese

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Interjection

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halló

  1. hello

Synonyms

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Hungarian

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Etymology 1

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hall (to hear)ó (present-participle suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlːoː]
  • Hyphenation: hal‧ló
  • Rhymes: -loː

Participle

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halló

  1. present participle of hall

Adjective

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halló (not comparable)

  1. auditory
  2. hearing, non-deaf, of/with unimpaired hearing
    Antonyms: (possibly offensive) süket, (PC) siket
Declension
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative halló hallók
accusative hallót hallókat
dative hallónak hallóknak
instrumental hallóval hallókkal
causal-final hallóért hallókért
translative hallóvá hallókká
terminative hallóig hallókig
essive-formal hallóként hallókként
essive-modal
inessive hallóban hallókban
superessive hallón hallókon
adessive hallónál hallóknál
illative hallóba hallókba
sublative hallóra hallókra
allative hallóhoz hallókhoz
elative hallóból hallókból
delative hallóról hallókról
ablative hallótól hallóktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hallóé hallóké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hallóéi hallókéi
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From German hallo (hello).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhaloː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hal‧ló

Interjection

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halló

  1. hello (used only when answering phone)

Further reading

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  • (auditory): halló in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (interjection): halló in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Danish hallo. Taken into use in the 1600s.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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halló

  1. hello, good day; a salutation said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence
  2. hello, a greeting used when answering the telephone
    Halló, við hvern tala ég?
    Hello, with whom am I speaking?
  3. 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.

Etymology 2

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Shortening of hallærislegt with .

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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halló

  1. (slang) cheesy, shabby, uncool, embarrassing

See also

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Spanish

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Verb

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halló

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of hallar