hello

hel·lo  (h-l, h-)

interj.

Used to greet someone, answer the telephone, or express surprise.

n. pl. hel·los

A calling or greeting of "hello."

intr.v. hel·loed, hel·lo·ing, hel·loes

To call "hello."

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[Alteration of hallo, alteration of obsolete holla, stop!, perhaps from Old French hola : ho, ho! + la, there (from Latin illc, that way).]

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hello, hallo, hullo [hɛˈləʊ hə- ˈhɛləʊ]

sentence substitute

1. an expression of greeting used on meeting a person or at the start of a telephone call

2. a call used to attract attention

3. an expression of surprise

4. an expression used to indicate that the speaker thinks his or her listener is naive or slow to realize something Hello? Have you been on Mars for the past two weeks or something?

n pl -los

the act of saying or calling ``hello''

[see hallo]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hello - an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" hi, howdy, hullo, how-do-you-do greeting, salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

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hello

interjection hi (informal), greetings, how do you do?, good morning, good evening, good afternoon, welcome, kia ora (N.Z.), gidday or g'day (Austral. & N.Z.) Hello. I won't shake hands because they're filthy.

Translations

hello [hʌˈləʊ] EXCL

1. (= greeting) → ¡hola!, ¿qué tal?, ¿qué hubo?(Mex, Chile)

2. (Telec) (= answering) → ¡diga!, ¡hola!, ¡bueno!(Mex), ¡aló!(S. Cone); (= calling) → ¡oiga!, ¡escuche!

3. (= surprise) → ¡vaya!, ¡ándale!(LAm)
hello, what's all this! → ¡vaya or hombre!, ¿qué tenemos aquí?

4. (= attention) → ¡oiga!, ¡escuche!

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hello [həˈləʊ] excl

(gen) → bonjour!

(less formal) → salut!

(on phone) → allô !

(surprise) → tiens!
hell-raiser [ˈhɛlreɪzə^r] n (= person) → patachon m

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hello

interj → hallo; say hello to your aunt → sag deiner Tante mal schön „Guten or guten Tag!“; say hello to your parents (from me) → grüß deine Eltern (von mir); hello, hello, hello! what’s going on here? → nanu or he! was ist denn hier los?

n → Hallo nt

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hello [həˈləʊ] excl (on meeting sb) → ciao!; (more formal) → buon giorno!; (in surprise) → ma guarda! (Telec) → pronto!; (to attract attention) → ehi!

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hello [həˈləʊ] excl (on meeting sb) → ciao!; (more formal) → buon giorno!; (in surprise) → ma guarda! (Telec) → pronto!; (to attract attention) → ehi!

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hello

interjections / nouns hello, hallo, hullo [həˈləu]

a word used as a greeting, to attract attention, or to express surprise Say hello to your aunt; Hullo,' I said to myself, `What's going on here?' hallo, haai هالو، مرحبا здрасти ahoj; no nazdar hej; dav; hallo Hallo! γεια!, καλημέρα! (επιφ.) hola; vaya, anda tere!; hei, halloo (tähelepanu tõmbamiseks) درود hei salut!, hé!, tiens! הָלוֹ स्वागत, आश्चर्य आदि की अभिव्यक्ति का शब्द hej!, ej!, zdravo!, halo! halló!; helló!; hé! halo! halló ciao; ehi; ohibò やあ 여보세요 labas, ei!, oho hallo! hello Hallo! hallo, hei, morn, god dag halo olá Salut! привет!; эй!; здрасте! ahoj; no nazdar halo! zdravo! zdravo hej!, hallå!, vad nu då? สวัสดี (คำทักทาย merhaba, selâm, hey; alo (用於問候，引起注意，或表示驚訝) 嗨！喂！ алло!, привіт! بے تکلفانہ تخاطب خوش آمدید کہنے کا لفظ xin chào; biểu lộ sự ngạc nhiên （表示问候、惊奇等）喂，嗨