different between invite vs halloa

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French inviter, from Latin inv?t?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?nv?t', IPA^(key): /?n?va?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)

1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

   We invited our friends round for dinner.

2. (transitive) To request formally.

   I invite you all to be seated.

3. (transitive) To encourage.

   I always invite criticism of my definitions.

   Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

   • 1902, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address

     The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.

4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
   • shady groves, that easy sleep invite

   • 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error

     There no delusive hope invites despair.

Synonyms

• (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
• (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
• (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke

Related terms

• invitee
• inviter

Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb invite.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n'v?t, IPA^(key): /??nva?t/

Noun

invite (plural invites)

1. (informal) An invitation.

Translations

Asturian

Verb

invite

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar

French

Verb

invite

1. inflection of inviter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

inv?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inv?tus

References

• invite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• invite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• invite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in?vite]

Verb

invite

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of invita
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of invita

Spanish

Verb

invite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of invitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of invitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of invitar.

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