different between hello vs ello

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.
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     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

Fula

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

Interjection

ello

1. Pronunciation spelling of hello.

Anagrams

• Loel

Italian

Alternative forms

• el

Etymology

From Latin illum, accusative form of ille (“that”), from earlier olle, from Old Latin ollus (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“beyond, other”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?el.lo/
• Hyphenation: él?lo

Determiner

ello m

1. (archaic) he

Synonyms

• elli (archaic); egli, lui

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• 'ello, hello

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?(h)?lo?/, /?(h)?l??/
• Hyphenation: e?llo

Interjection

ello

1. hello

See also

• wah gwaan
• weh yuh a seh
• weh yuh deh pon

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illud, neuter of ille. See also lo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ello

1. it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used only to refer to facts, sets of things, and indefinite things that have been mentioned before; generally used with prepositions and rarely used as a subject, except in literary style)

See also

Noun

ello m (uncountable)

1. (psychoanalysis) (Freud's concept of) id

Further reading

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