different between hall vs road

English

Etymology

From Middle English halle, from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house; palace, temple; law-court”), from Proto-Germanic *hall? (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit ???? (???l?, “house, mansion, hall”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /h?l/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /h?l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophone: haul

Noun

hall (plural halls)

1. A corridor; a hallway.
2. A meeting room.

3. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

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4. A building providing student accommodation at a university.

5. The principal room of a secular medieval building.
6. (obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
   • 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub

     Then cry, a hall, a hall! Come, father Rosin, with your fiddle now.

7. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.

   a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall

8. (India) A living room.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (h?ru)
• ? Russian: ???? (xoll)

Translations

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (compare English shallow, Middle High German hel (“tired, weak”), Ancient Greek ?????? (skéll?, “to dry up”), ??????? (skl?rós, “hard, harsh”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha?/

Noun

hall m (indefinite plural halle, definite singular halli, definite plural hallet)

1. trouble

References

Chinese

Etymology

From English hall.

Pronunciation

Noun

hall

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) assembly hall; auditorium
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) residence hall; dormitory

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall. Doublet of hal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [h??l]

Noun

hall c (singular definite hallen, plural indefinite haller)

1. hall (a corridor or a hallway)

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *halla, from pre-Finnic *šalna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?]. Compare Latvian salna, Lithuanian šalna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?l?/

Noun

hall (genitive halla, partitive halla)

1. frost

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *halli (compare Finnish halli), from Balto-Slavic. Compare Latvian salnis, Lithuanian šalnis (“off-white, roan”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?l??/

Adjective

hall (genitive halli, partitive halli)

1. grey (color)

Declension

Derived terms

• hallitama

See also

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?l??/

Noun

hall (genitive halli, partitive halli)

1. hall (large room or building)

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ol/

Noun

hall m (plural halls)

1. hall
2. lobby

Further reading

• “hall” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hal/
• Rhymes: -al

Verb

hall

1. singular imperative of hallen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hallen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?l?]
• Rhymes: -?l?

Etymology 1

From the conflation of Proto-Uralic *kontale- (compare Old Hungarian hadl (“hear”), Mansi ?????? (h?ntli), Finnish kuunnella) and Proto-Uralic *kule- (compare Mansi ???????? (h?lu?kve) and Finnish kuulla).

Verb

hall

2. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive sounds through the ear)
3. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)

Usage notes

This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz–(le)áldozik, bán–bánik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik, ér–érik, esz (rare)–eszik, hajol–hajlik, (felül)múl–(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúl–nyúlik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik~(el)vész, and tör–törik (along with their verbal prefixes), hall–hallik (archaic), érez–érzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibáz–hibádzik, (le)torkol–torkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Halle.

Noun

hall (plural hallok)

2. middle-sized, windowless room, entryway, hallway (in a private flat/apartment, with a size not smaller than 8 m² [86 sq ft], with space for people, but without affording them privacy due to its being an entry to other rooms)

   Synonym: el?tér

   Coordinate terms: szoba, helyiség, félszoba, alkóv, gardrób, el?szoba, hálószoba, nappali

3. lobby, foyer, lounge (e.g. in a hotel or an opera house)

   Synonyms: társalgó, el?csarnok

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• (to hear): hall in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (entryway): hall in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish halla.

Noun

hall

1. frost

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse h?ll.

Noun

hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene)

1. a hall (a building or very large room)

Derived terms

• idrettshall
• ishall
• svømmehall

References

• “hall” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?l?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse h?ll. Akin to English hall.

Noun

hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural hallar, definite plural hallane)
or
hall f (definite singular halla, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene)

1. a hall (a building or very large room)

Derived terms

• idrettshall
• ishall
• svømmehall, symjehall

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hallr.

Noun

hall n (definite singular hallet, indefinite plural hall, definite plural halla)

1. a slope, sloping terrain

Derived terms

• bakhall
• grashall

References

• “hall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?h?w/

Noun

hall m (plural halls)

1. (architecture) lobby; entrance hall (room in a building used for entry from the outside)

Derived terms

• hall da fama

Spanish

Etymology

From English hall.

Noun

hall m (plural halls)

1. hall, lobby, lounge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse h?ll, from Proto-Germanic *hall?, from Proto-Indo-European *?el-. Compare English hall. Related to Latin cella and English cellar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hal/

Noun

hall c

1. a hallway
2. a lounge
3. a corridor
4. an entryway
5. short for any of the words:

   • simhall
   • ishall
   • sporthall
   • verkstadshall
   • mässhall

Declension

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hallr. Cognate with Icelandic hallur.

Adjective

hall

1. sloping, inclined, oblique

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse h?ll, from Proto-Germanic *hall?

Noun

hall f

1. area where no particularly large forest exist

English

Alternative forms

• rade (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English r?d (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raid? (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyd?- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots, and West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).

The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late—Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar—and probably arose through reinterpetation of roadway as a tautological compound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?d, IPA^(key): /???d/
• (General American) enPR: r?d, IPA^(key): /?o?d/
• Rhymes: -??d
• Homophones: Rhode, rode, rowed

Noun

road (plural roads)

1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]
2. (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.

3. A way or route.
   • 1855-1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     He stirred up his hair with his sprightliest expression, glanced at the little figure again, said ‘Good evening, ma ‘am; don’t come down, Mrs Affery, I know the road to the door,’ and steamed out.
4. (figuratively) A path chosen in life or career. [from 17th c.]
   • 1964, Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing

     Where, then, is the road to peace?
5. An underground tunnel in a mine. [from 18th c.]
6. (US, rail transport) A railway or (Britain, rail transport) a single railway track. [from 19th c.]
7. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback. [9th-17th c.]
8. (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid. [9th-19th c.]
9. (nautical, often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V scene i^[2]:

     Antonio: Sweet lady, you have given me life and living; / For here I read for certain that my ships / Are safely come to road.

   • 1630, John Smith, True Travels, in Kupperman 1988, page 38:

     There delivering their fraught, they went to Scandaroone; rather to view what ships was in the Roade, than any thing else […].

10. (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
    • c. 1613, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act IV scene ii^[3]:

      At last, with easy roads, he came to Leicester; / Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, / With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him; […]

Usage notes

Often used interchangeably with street or other similar words. When usage is distinguished, a road is a route between settlements (reflecting the etymological relation with ride), as in the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh, while a street is a route within a settlement (city or town), strictly speaking paved.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:road

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

road (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada, sports, chiefly attributive) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
2. (Britain, Slang) Having attributes, primarily masculine, suggesting a tendency towards minor crime. Usually used by youths endearingly; glorifying crime.

Synonyms

• (at the venue of the opposing team or competitor): away (UK)

Anagrams

• A-Rod, Dora, Rado, orad, orda

Estonian

Noun

road

1. nominative plural of roog

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of roa.

Adjective

road (not comparable)

1. amused, entertained

Declension

Related terms

• lättroad
• oroad

Anagrams

• orda