different between hallo vs halloa

English

Etymology

From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English h?l?, ?l?, ?al? (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey +? lo.

Interjection

hallo

1. Alternative form of hello
2. (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.

Synonyms

• (hello): See Thesaurus:hello
• (cry of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow

Noun

hallo (plural hallos or halloes)

1. The cry "hallo!"
2. A shout of exultation.

Verb

hallo (third-person singular simple present hallos or halloes, present participle halloing, simple past and past participle halloed)

1. (intransitive) To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
2. (transitive) To chase while shouting "hallo!"
3. (transitive) To cry "hallo" (to someone).
4. (transitive) To shout (something).

Conjugation

See also

• lo
• Category:Greetings

Anagrams

• holla

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al?u/

Interjection

hallo

1. hello

Danish

Etymology

Imperative of Middle High German haln (“to fetch (a ferryman)”); see German hallo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hal?/, [ha?l?] or IPA^(key): /hal??/, [ha?l??]

Interjection

hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)
2. (as a noun, rare) n hello ("Hello!" or an equivalent greeting)

Further reading

• “hallo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hello, halloo, hollo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???lo?/
• Hyphenation: hal?lo
• Rhymes: -o?

Interjection

hallo

1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody) [from 19th c.]

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: halo

Estonian

Interjection

hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)

German

Etymology

Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related to Old High German hol?, emphatic imperative of hol?n (“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”). Also see French holà (“hey! stop!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?halo/, /ha?lo?/

Interjection

hallo

1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)

Derived terms

• aber hallo

Further reading

• “hallo” in Duden online
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “hello”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Interlingua

Interjection

hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone or when meeting somebody)

Latin

Noun

hall?

1. dative singular of hallus
2. ablative singular of hallus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German hallo, Hallo.

Interjection

hallo

1. hello (greeting)

References

• “hallo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German hallo, Hallo.

Interjection

hallo

1. hello (greeting)

References

• “hallo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English hello, halloo, hollo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha??o?/

Interjection

hallo

1. Hello.

Spanish

Verb

hallo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of hallar.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Dutch hallo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha?lo?/

Interjection

hallo

1. hello

Further reading

• “hallo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /h??lo?/

Interjection

halloa

1. A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.

Verb

halloa (third-person singular simple present halloas, present participle halloaing, simple past and past participle halloaed)

1. (intransitive) To utter an exclamation of "halloa".

See also

• hallo
• halloo
• hello