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halt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??lt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /h?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
Etymology 1
From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-Germanic *halt?n?. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.
Verb
halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
- (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- Do not smile at me that I boast her of,
- For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise,
- And make it halt behind her.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- #*
- How long halt ye between two opinions?
- #*
- (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To waver.
- To falter.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). More at hold.
Verb
halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
- (intransitive) To stop marching.
- (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
- (transitive) To bring to a stop.
- (transitive) To cause to discontinue.
Synonyms
- (to stop marching):
- (to stop): brake, desist, stay; See also Thesaurus:stop
- (to cause something to stop): freeze, immobilize; See also Thesaurus:immobilize
- (to cause to discontinue): break off, terminate, shut down, stop; See also Thesaurus:desist
Translations
Noun
halt (plural halts)
- A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
- (rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
Synonyms
- (cessation: temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (cessation: permanent): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
Adjective
halt (comparative more halt, superlative most halt)
- (archaic) Lame, limping.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IX:
- It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […]
- Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IX:
Noun
halt (plural halts)
- (dated) Lameness; a limp.
Anagrams
- lath, thal
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German halt. Cognate with German halt (adverb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /halt/
Adverb
halt
- so, just, simply
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
- Chömmer halt e chli früner. Schadet a nüt.
- So we'll arrive a little earlier. Won't do any harm.
- Chömmer halt e chli früner. Schadet a nüt.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
Danish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
halt
- lame
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /halt/
Etymology 1
From the verb halten (“to hold; to stop”).
Verb
halt
- singular imperative of halten
Interjection
halt!
- stop!, wait!
Descendants
- ? Dutch: halt
- ? Italian: alt
- ? Spanish: alto
- ? Portuguese: alto
- ? Middle French: halt
- French: halte
- ? Dutch: halte
- ? English: halt
- French: halte
Etymology 2
From Middle High German halt, pertaining to Old High German halto (“soon, fast”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haldiz, an adverbial comparative like *batiz.
Adverb
halt
- (colloquial, modal particle) Indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed
Usage notes
- The word is originally southern German and is still so considered by some contemporary dictionaries. It has, however, become common throughout the language area during the past decades.
Synonyms
- eben
See also
- ja
Hungarian
Etymology
hal (“to die”) +? -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?h?lt]
- Hyphenation: halt
- Rhymes: -?lt
Verb
halt
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of hal
Participle
halt
- past participle of hal
Declension
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hal??t??]
Noun
halt m
- h-prothesized form of alt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse haltr, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz.
Pronunciation
- Homophones: hallt, halvt
Adjective
halt (indefinite singular halt, definite singular and plural halte, comparative haltare, indefinite superlative haltast, definite superlative haltaste)
- limp, limping
Verb
halt
- imperative of halta and halte
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
halt (definite singular and plural halte)
- past participle of hala and hale
Verb
halt
- supine of hala and hale
References
- “halt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *h?h (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?ha?t]
Adjective
halt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular halte)
- high; elevated
Adverb
halt
- loud; loudly
Derived terms
- haltement
Descendants
- Middle French: hault
- French: haut
Old Norse
Adjective
halt
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of haltr
Verb
halt
- second-person singular imperative active of halda
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gap
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: gap, IPA(key): /?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
From Middle English gap, gappe, a borrowing from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ?eap (“open space, expanse”), Old Norse gapa (“to gape”); compare gape.
Noun
gap (plural gaps)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- A vacant space or time.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- (see also gap-toothed)
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- 2008, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Understanding the Australian Health Care System, page 5,
- Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.
- 2008, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Understanding the Australian Health Care System, page 5,
- (Australia) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
Synonyms
- (opening made by breaking or parting): break, hole, rip, split, tear, rift, chasm, fissure
- (opening allowing passage or entrance): break, clearing, hole, opening; see also Thesaurus:hole
- (opening that implies a breach or defect): space
- (vacant space or time): break, space, window; see also Thesaurus:interspace or Thesaurus:interim
- (hiatus): hiatus; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (mountain pass): col, neck, pass
- (in baseball):
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- gapless
- gap-toothed
- mind the gap
- Scots' Gap
- Watford Gap
Related terms
- bridge the gap
- gap year
- stand in the gap
Translations
Verb
gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
gap (plural gaps)
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
Anagrams
- AGP, APG, GPA, PAG, PGA, Pag
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
Verb
gap
- first-person singular present indicative of gappen
- imperative of gappen
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English gap. Related to gapen, gaap, jaap.
Noun
gap n (plural gappen, diminutive gapje n)
- (business) gap
- Synonyms: gat, kloof
French
Noun
gap m (plural gaps)
- (chemistry) gap
- gap (difference)
Garo
Noun
gap
- snail
Icelandic
Etymology
Back-formation from gapa (“to open one's mouth wide; to yawn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?p/
- Rhymes: -a?p
Noun
gap n (genitive singular gaps, nominative plural göp)
- gap, opening
- Synonyms: op, rifa, glufa
Declension
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ap/
- Hyphenation: gap
Noun
gap
- beating, the sound of action by which someone or something is beaten.
- Synonym: degap
Etymology 2
From English gap, from Middle English gap, gappe, a borrowing from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ap/
- Hyphenation: gap
Noun
gap
- gap,
- an opening in anything.
- Synonym: celah
- the disparity between communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- Synonym: kesenjangan
- an opening in anything.
Further reading
- “gap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gap
- imperative of gape
Old Norse
Etymology
Presumably from gapa (“to gape”).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /???p/
Noun
gap n (genitive gaps, plural g?p)
- gap, empty space
- V?luspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
- […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.
- […] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.
- V?luspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
- (figuratively) shouting, crying, gab
- Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425:
- […] þar uar suo mikit hareyste og gap […]
- […] there was so much noise and gab […]
- Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425:
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- gap in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gap in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- gap in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ap/
Noun
gap m pers
- (usually in the plural, derogatory) gawker, gaper, mindless onlooker, rubbernecker
- Synonym: gapowicz
Usage notes
- Because this word inflects as if it contained a terminal [p?], which no longer exists in Polish and cannot be represented in Polish orthography, the nominative singular form is in practice used only as a lemma in dictionaries. Most native speakers only recognize this word in its inflected forms.
Declension
Noun
gap f
- genitive plural of gapa
Verb
gap
- second-person singular imperative of gapi?
Further reading
- gap in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- gap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse gap
Noun
gap n
- chasm or abyss
- gap; an opening that implies a breach or defect.
- a mouth, especially when wide open
- the space between the jaws of a wrench
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
- Apg., p.g.a., pga
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