different between hello vs aloe

English

Alternative forms

• hallo (UK old style)
• hilloa (obsolete)
• hullo (UK)

Etymology

Hello (first attested in 1826), from holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades.

Ultimately from a variant of Old English ?al?, such as h?l?, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to how hey and hi are used nowadays. Thus, equivalent to a compound of hey and lo. Used when drawing attention to yourself.

Possibly influenced by Old Saxon halo!, imperative of hal?n (“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin to Old High German hala, hola!, imperative forms of hal?n, hol?n (“to fetch”). More at hallo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??l??/, /h??l??/
• (US) enPR: h?-l?', h?-l?', IPA^(key): /h??lo?/, /h??lo?/, /?h?lo?/

• Rhymes: -??

Interjection

hello

1. A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

2. A greeting used when answering the telephone.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Hello. This is Marsha. - Yes, Marsha.

3. A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
4. (colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed or referred to has done something the speaker or writer considers to be foolish.

5. (chiefly Britain) An expression of puzzlement or discovery.

Usage notes

• The greeting hello is among the most universal and neutral in use. It may be heard in nearly all social situations and nearly all walks of life and is unlikely to offend.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:hello.

Synonyms

• (greeting): See Thesaurus:hello
  • (Australia, informal) g'day, hey, hi,
  • (UK, informal) hallo, hi, hiya, ey up
  • (US, informal) hallo, hey, hi, howdy
  • (Ireland, informal) how's it going, hey, hi
  • (South Africa, informal) howzit
  • (slang) wassup, what's up, yo, sup, what's good
• (expression of puzzlement): See Thesaurus:wow

Antonyms

• (greeting): bye, goodbye

Derived terms

• hello girl
• hello there
• Hello World
• hello yourself, and see how you like it

Translations

See also

• Category:Greetings
• hello on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

hello (plural hellos or helloes)

1. "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.

Synonyms

• greeting

Verb

hello (third-person singular simple present hellos, present participle helloing, simple past and past participle helloed)

1. (transitive) To greet with "hello".

Anagrams

• Holle

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Etymology

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

Noun

hello ngo (plural hellooji ?i)

1. a page
2. one side of a wall, a wall
3. a slap in the face

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin alo?, from Ancient Greek ???? (aló?); reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ.lo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l??.i/, /?æ.l??/
• Rhymes: -æl??

Noun

aloe (plural aloes)

1. (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
2. A plant of the genus Aloe.
3. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes

• Often used in plural (originally under influence of Old French aloes).

Derived terms

• aloe vera

Descendants

• ? Irish: aló
• ? Samoan: aloe

Translations

See also

• agave
• maguey

Further reading

• aloe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aloe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aloe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• aole

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aloe

Noun

aloe m or f (invariable)

1. aloe (plant)

Anagrams

• Aleo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (aló?, “aloes”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.lo.e?/, [?ä??oe?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.lo.e/, [???l??]

Noun

alo? f (genitive alo?s); first declension

1. The aloe.
2. The bitter juice produced by the aloe used as a perfume, in medicine and in embalming.
3. (figuratively) Bitterness (in general).

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Descendants

• ? Dutch: aloë
  • Afrikaans: aalwyn
  • ? Japanese: ??? (aroe)
• ? Estonian: aaloe
• ? Finnish: aaloe
• ? German: Aloe
• ? Hungarian: aloé
• ? Italian: aloe
• ? Japanese: ?? (rokai)
  • ? Okinawan: ?? (rugwai, dugwai)
• ? Old English: alwe
  • English: aloe
    • ? Irish: aló
    • ? Samoan: aloe
• Old French: aloes
  • French: aloès
    • ? Polish: aloes
    • ? Romanian: aloe
  • Norman: aloé
• ? Old Irish: aloe
• ? Portuguese: aloe
• ? Russian: ????? n (alóe)
• ? Scottish Gaelic: àloe
• ? Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ?????

Latin: aloja

• ? Swedish: aloe
• ? Ukrainian: ???? (aloe)
• ? Translingual: Aloe
• ? Translingual: Aloë

References

• aloe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aloe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aloe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle French

Etymology

Old French aloe.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

1. lark (bird)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin alauda (“lark”)

Noun

aloe f (oblique plural aloes, nominative singular aloe, nominative plural aloes)

1. lark (bird)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aloe)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aloe

Alternative forms

• áloe, aloé

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aloès and Latin alo?.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloe)

1. aloe
2. a substance extracted from the aloe plant

Declension

Samoan

Etymology

From English aloe.

Noun

aloe

1. aloe

Spanish

Noun

aloe m (plural aloes)

1. Alternative form of áloe

Further reading

• “aloe” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.