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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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hant
English
Etymology 1
See haunt.
Noun
hant (plural hants)
- (US, colloquial, chiefly African-American Vernacular) A ghost; a supernatural being.
- 1907, Harold Bell Wright, New York: A.L. Burt, The Shepherd of the Hills, Chapter I, p. 20,[1]
- “ […] Say, Mister, did you ever see a hant?”
- The gentleman did not understand.
- “A hant, a ghost, some calls ’em,” explained Jed.
- 1934, Cecile Hulse Matschat, Suwannee River: Strange Green Land, New York: The Literary Guild of America, Chapter Three, p. 52,[2]
- […] he shivered as though a hant had touched him with its ghostly fingers, for night was near and he was alone in a depth of the swamp where he had never been before.
- 1967, Richard M. Dorson, American Negro Folktales, Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett, “Spirits and Hants,” p. 213,[3]
- The term “hant” covers all malevolent and inexplicable sights and sounds. Primarily hants protect buried treasure and linger about ghoulish death spots.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 22, p. 140,[4]
- Naturally, I believed in hants and ghosts and “thangs.” Having been raised by a super-religious Southern Negro grandmother, it would have been abnormal had I not been superstitious.
- 1907, Harold Bell Wright, New York: A.L. Burt, The Shepherd of the Hills, Chapter I, p. 20,[1]
Etymology 2
Contraction
hant
- Pronunciation spelling of hadn’t.
Anagrams
- -anth, Hnat, Nath, Than, tahn, than
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German hant, from Old High German hant. Cognate with German Hand, English hand.
Noun
hant f (plural hénte, diminutive héntle)
- (Sette Comuni) hand
Declension
Derived terms
- drukhan de hénte
- hàntafa ?
References
- “hant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?h?nt]
Noun
hant (plural hantok)
- clod (lump of earth)
- grave (place of burial)
Declension
Derived terms
- hantol
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch hant
Noun
hant f
- hand
- person
- side
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: hand
- Limburgish: handj
- Zealandic: and
Further reading
- “hant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “hant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *handu.
Noun
hant f
- hand
Inflection
Alternative forms
- ande (in compounds)
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: hant
- Dutch: hand
- Limburgish: handj
- Zealandic: and
Further reading
- “hant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *handu, whence also Old English hand, Old Norse h?nd, Gothic ???????????????????????? (handus).
Noun
hant f
- hand
Declension
Descendants
- Middle High German: hant
- Bavarian: Hond
- Cimbrian: hant
- Mòcheno: hònt
- German: Hand
- Hunsrik: Hand
- Luxembourgish: Hand
- Vilamovian: haond
- Yiddish: ?????? (hant)
- Bavarian: Hond
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
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