halló

halló

1. hello

• hey

hall (“to hear”) +‎ ó (present-participle suffix)

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• Hyphenation: hal‧ló
• Rhymes: -loː

halló

1. present participle of hall

halló (not comparable)

1. auditory
2. hearing, non-deaf, of/with unimpaired hearing

   Antonyms: (possibly offensive) süket, (PC) siket

From German hallo (“hello”).

• haló (rare, archaic)

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• Hyphenation: hal‧ló

halló

1. hello (used only when answering phone)

• (auditory): halló in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (interjection): halló in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Borrowed from Danish hallo. Taken into use in the 1600s.

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halló

1. hello, good day; a salutation said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence
2. hello, a greeting used when answering the telephone

   Halló, við hvern tala ég?

   Hello, with whom am I speaking?

3. hello; a call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.

Clipping of hallærislegur + -ó.

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halló (indeclinable)

1. (slang) cheesy, shabby, uncool, embarrassing

• hæ

halló

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of hallar