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 ēalā, such as hēlā, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to how hey and (in some dialects) 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 halōn (“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin to Old High German hala, hola!, imperative forms of halōn, holōn (“to fetch”). More at hallo.
OED and Merriam-Webster also suggested that it is a variant of holla, a variant of holloo. Further beyond, the origin remains uncertain. OED and Merriam-Webster suggested that it has a connection between hallow (“to shout, to cry out loud”), which came from Old French holloer, which, according to Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch, is from Old Saxon halōn.
Pronunciation[edit] (UK) IPA(key): /həˈləʊ/, /hɛˈləʊ/ Audio (UK):(file) (US) enPR: hĕ-lō', hə-lō', IPA(key): /hɛˈloʊ/, /həˈloʊ/, /ˈhɛloʊ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /həˈləʉ/ Audio (General Australian):(file) (Canada) IPA(key): /hɛˈloː/, /həˈloː/, /ˈhɛloː/, /ˈhɛlo/ (Indic) IPA(key): /haˈlo(w)/, /heˈlo(w)/ Rhymes: -ɛləʊ Sense UK US (greeting): Audio (UK):(file) Audio (US):(file) (telephone greeting): Audio (UK):(file) Audio (US):(file) (call for response): Audio (UK):(file) Audio (US):(file) (sarcastic implication): Audio (UK):(file) Audio (US):(file) (expressing puzzlement): Audio (UK):(file) Rhymes: -əʊ Interjection[edit]hello
A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence. Hello, everyone. A greeting used when answering the telephone. Hello? How may I help you? 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) Hello. This is Marsha. ― Yes, Marsha. A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may he been disconnected. Hello? Is anyone there? 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan. (colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should he been obvious. You just tried to start your car with your cell phone. Hello? 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:Uh, hello? We're using a CANNON to get to the moon? Isn't that, like, dangerous? (chiefly UK) An expression of puzzlement or discovery. Hello! What’s going on here? Usage notes[edit] 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. In the derived senses, the word-final stress may be emphasized to focus attention, but word-initial stress is also heard in certain contexts, such as some uses of hello there, and even in isolation. Quotations[edit] For quotations using this term, see Citations:hello. Synonyms[edit] (greeting): See Thesaurus:hello (Australia, informal) g'day, hey, hi, (UK, informal) hallo, hi, hiya, ey up, you alright, alright (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[edit] (antonym(s) of “greeting”): bye, goodbye Derived terms[edit] golden hellohello againhello girlhellojihello nursehello thereHello Worldhello yourself, and see how you like ityello Descendants[edit] → Amharic: ሀሎ (halo) → Chinese: 哈嘍 / 哈喽 (hālou), 哈囉 / 哈啰 (hāluó), 哈囉 / 哈啰 (hāluó), 哈佬 (hālǎo), 哈咯 (hālo), ciallo → Japanese: ハロー (harō) → Malay: helo → Scottish Gaelic: halò → Welsh: helo Translations[edit] greeting Abkhaz: бзиа збаша (bzja zbaŝa), мыш бзи (məŝ bzi), (to a man) бзиара убааит (bzjara ubaajtʼ), (to a woman) бзиара ббааит (bzjara bbaajtʼ), (to more than one person) бзиара жәбааит pl (bzjara ẑʷbaajtʼ) Afrikaans: hallo (af), goeiedag Ahom: 𑜈𑜩𑜨 𑜀𑜪𑜨 (bayo kaṃo) Ainu: イランカラㇷ゚テ (irankarapte) Akan: maakye (morning), maaha (afternoon), maadwo (evening) Albanian: tungjatjeta (sq), tung (informal), ç'kemi m or f Arbëreshë Albanian: falem (sq) Aleut: aang, draas Alutiiq: cama’i Ambonese Malay: wai American Sign Language: B@Sfhead-PalmForward B@FromSfhead-PalmForward Amharic: ሰላም (sälam) Apache: Jicarilla: dá nzhǫ́ Western Apache: dagotʼee, daʼanzho, yaʼateh Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (ar) (as-salāmu ʕalaykum), سَلَام (ar) (salām), مَرْحَبًا (ar) (marḥaban), أَهْلًا (ar) (ʔahlan) Egyptian Arabic: اهلاً (ahlan) Hijazi Arabic: مَرحَبا (marḥaba), هلا (hala), السلام عليكم (as-salāmu ʕalēkum), أهلًا (ʔahlan) Iraqi Arabic: هلو (helaww) Archi: салам алейкум (salam alejkum), варчӏами (warčʼami) Armenian: բարև (hy) (barew) (addressed to a single familiar person), բարև ձեզ (barew jez) (addressed to several people), բարև Ձեզ (barew Jez) (formal, addressed to a single unfamiliar person), ողջույն (hy) (oġǰuyn) Assamese: নমস্কাৰ (nomoskar) (very formal), আচ্চেলামো আলাইকোম (asselamü alaiküm) (formal, used among Muslims), হেল’ (helö) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šlāmā), ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܼܟ݂ (šlāmā ˁalōḵ) (formal; to a male), ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ (šlāmā ˁallāḵ) (formal; to a female), ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šlāmā ˁallāwḵōn) (formal; to a group) Asturian: hola (ast) Azerbaijani: salam (az), səlam (South Azerbaijani), hər vaxtınız xeyir olsun, hər vaxtınız xeyir, günaydın, xoş gördük, əssəlamü əleyküm Bambara: i ni ce Bashkir: сәләм (sələm) Basque: kaixo (eu) Bats: please add this translation if you can Barian: servus, grias di, pfiati (Timau) Belarusian: віта́ю (vitáju), здаро́ў (zdarów) (colloquial), прыве́т (pryvjét), до́бры дзень (dóbry dzjenʹ) (good day) Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (bn) (assalamu alaikum), সালাম (bn) (salam), নমস্কার (bn) (nomoskar), হ্যালো (bn) (hêlō) Bhojpuri: प्रणाम (praṇām) Bouyei: mengz ndil Bulgarian: здра́сти (bg) (zdrásti) (familiar), здраве́й (bg) sg (zdréj) (familiar), здраве́йте (bg) pl (zdréjte) (formal) Burmese: မင်္ဂလာပါ (my) (mangga.lapa) , ဟဲလို (my) (hai:lui) Carpathian Rusyn: наздар (nazdar) Catalan: hola (ca) Cayuga: sgę́:nǫʔ Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵓⵍ (azul) Chamorro: håfa adai Chechen: маршалла ду хьоьга (maršalla du ḥʳöga) (to one person), маршалла ду шуьга (maršalla du šüga) (to a group of people), ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum) Cherokee: ᎣᏏᏲ (chr) (osiyo) Chichewa: moni Chickasaw: chokma Chinese: Cantonese: 你好 (nei5 hou2), 哈佬 (haa1 lou2) Dungan: ни хо (ni ho), сэляму (seli͡amu), хома (homa) Eastern Min: 汝好 (nṳ̄ hō̤) Hakka: 你好 (ngì-hó) Hokkien: 汝好 (lí hó) Mandarin: 你好 (zh) (nǐ hǎo), 您好 (zh) (nín hǎo) (polite), 你們好 / 你们好 (nǐmen hǎo) (to a group of people), 好 (zh) (hǎo) (following an address form or name), 嗨 (zh) (hāi), 哈囉 / 哈啰 (zh) (hāluó), ciallo (slang) Wu: 儂好 / 侬好 (6non 5hau) Xiang: please add this translation if you can Choctaw: halito Chukchi: еттык (ettyk) (formal), ети (eti) (informal), етти (etti) (informal) Coptic: ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ (nofri) Cornish: dydh da Corsican: bonghjornu Cree: Plains Cree: tânisi Czech: ahoj (cs), nazdar (cs) (informal), čau (cs) (informal), dobrý den (cs) (formal) Danish: hej (da), d (da), god dag (formal), hallo (da), halløj (informal) Dhivehi: އައްސަލާމު ޢަލައިކުމް (assalāmu ʿalaikum̊) Dutch: hallo (nl), hoi (nl), hai (nl), hé (nl), dag (nl) (informal), goeiedag (nl), goededag (nl), goedendag (nl), goeiendag (nl) (formal) Esperanto: saluton (eo) Estonian: tere (et), hei (et) Faroese: hey, halló, góðan dag Fijian: bula (fj) Finnish: terve (fi), moi (fi), hei (fi), moikka (fi) Fox: ahô French: bonjour (fr), salut (fr) (informal), coucou (fr)(informal) Friulian: mandi Fula: mihofnima Galician: ola (gl), oula, ouga Georgian: გამარჯობა (ka) (gamarǯoba), ჰეი (hei) German: hallo (de), guten Tag (de), servus (de), moin (de), grüß Gott (de) (Southern German, Austria) Alemannic German: grüezi, sälü (informal), sali (informal), hoi (informal), hello (informal) Gilbertese: mauri Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (haila) Greek: γεια (el) (geia), γεια σου sg (geia sou), γεια σας pl (geia sas), χαίρε (el) sg (chaíre) (formal, archaic), χαίρετε (el) pl (chaírete) (formal, archaic) Ancient: χαῖρε sg (khaîre), χαίρετε pl (khaírete), χαῖρε καί ὑγίαινε sg (khaîre kaí hugíaine) Greenlandic: aluu (kl) Guaraní: maitei (gn) Gujarati: નમસ્તે (namaste), નમસ્કાર (namaskār) Haitian Creole: bonjou Hausa: sannu Hawaiian: aloha Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (he) (shalóm), שָׁלוֹם עָלֵיכֶם (he) (shalóm 'aleikhém) Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) (namaste), नमस्कार (hi) (namaskār) (used among Hindus), सलाम (hi) (salām) (used among Muslims), सत श्री अकाल (sat śrī akāl) (Sikh, hello/goodbye), हेलो (hi) (helo), हलो (halo), सत्य (hi) (satya), आदाब (hi) (ādāb) Hmong: Green Hmong: nyob zoo White Hmong: nyob zoo Hungarian: szia (hu), sziasztok (hu) pl (informal), szervusz (hu), szervusztok (hu) pl (somewhat formal), heló (hu), helló (hu) (informal), jó napot (hu), jó napot kívánok (hu) (formal), üdvözlöm (hu) Icelandic: halló (is), hæ (is), góðan dag (is), góðan daginn (is) Ido: hola (io) Igbo: kèdu Indonesian: hai (id), salam (id) Ingrian: tere, draastui Interlingua: bon die, salute (ia) Iquito: juu Irish: Dia dhuit (formal, singular), Dia dhaoibh (formal, plural), Dia's Muire dhuit (formal, singular, response), Dia's Muire dhaoibh (formal, plural, response) Isan: please add this translation if you can Italian: ciao (it), salve (it), buongiorno (it), saluti (it) m pl Iu Mien: yiem longx nyei Jamaican Creole: ello, wah gwaan Japanese: おはよう (ja) (ohayō), おはようございます (ja) (ohayō gozaimasu) (morning), 今日は (ja) (konnichi wa) (daytime), 今晩は (ja) (konban wa) (evening) Janese: halo (jv) Jeju: 반갑수다 (ban-gapsuda), 펜안ᄒᆞ우꽈 (pen-anhawukkwa), 펜안 (pen-an) Judeo-Tat: шолум (şolum) Kabardian: уузыншэм (wuwuzənšɛm) Kabyle: azul Kalmyk: мендвт (mendvt), менд (mend) (informal) Kannada: ತುಳಿಲು (kn) (tuḷilu), ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (kn) (namaskāra) Karachay-Balkar: кюнюгюз ашхы болсун (künügüz aşxı bolsun), ассаламу алейкум (assalamu aleykum) Karelian: terveh, hei Kazakh: сәлем (sälem) (informal), сәлеметсіздер (sälemetsızder) (formal) Khiamniungan Naga: hǖhêi Khmer: ជម្រាបសួរ (cumriəp suə), សួស្តី (suəsdəy) Khün: please add this translation if you can Korean: 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka) (formal), 안녕하세요 (ko) (annyeonghaseyo) (neutrally formal), 안녕(安寧) (ko) (annyeong) (informal) Krio: kushɛ Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: merheba (ku), sil (ku), selam (ku) Kyrgyz: саламатсыздарбы (salamatsızdarbı), салам (ky) (salam) Ladino: shalom, saludos, bonjur Lak: салам (salam) Lakota: háu Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī) Latin: salvē (la) sg, salvēte (la) pl; ē (la) sg, ēte pl Latvian: sveiki (informal to more than one person or people of indeterminate gender), sveiks (lv) (to a man), sveika (to a woman), čau (lv) (informal) Laz: გეგაჯგინას (gegacginas) Lezgi: салам (salam) Lithuanian: labas (lt), sveikas (lt) (informal), sveiki (lt) (formal) Livonian: tēriņtš Lü: ᦍᦲᧃᦡᦲ (yiinḋii) Luo: msawa Luxembourgish: hallo Macedonian: здраво (zdro) Malagasy: manao ahoana? (mg), salama (mg) (Tsimihety) Malay: helo (ms), apa khabar (ms), salam (ms) Malayalam: ഹലോ (ml) (halō), നമസ്തേ (ml) (namastē), നമസ്കാരം (ml) (namaskāraṁ) Maltese: bonġu (mt) (before noon), bonswa (after noon), nsellimlek (formal one to one person), nsellmilkom (formal one to more than one person), nsellmulek (formal more than one person to one person), nsellmulkom (formal more than one person to more than one persons), ħelow Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᠶᡡᠨ (saiyūn) Maori: kia ora (mi) (informal), tēnā koe (formal to one person), tēnā kōrua (formal to two people), tēnā koutou (formal to three or more people) Mapudungun: mari mari Maranungku: yo Marathi: नमस्कार (mr) (namaskār) Michif: tánishi, boñjour Mingrelian: გომორძგუა (gomorʒgua) Mohawk: sekoh Mon: မ္ၚဵုရအဴ (mnw) Mongolian: Cyrillic: сайн уу? (mn) (sajn uu?) (informal), сайн байна уу? (mn) (sajn bajna uu?), сайн байцгаана уу? (sajn bajcgaana uu?) (plural) Mopan Maya: dʼyoos Nahuatl: niltze (nah), panoltih Najo: yáʼátʼééh Neapolitan: uè Nepali: नमस्ते (ne) (namaste), नमस्कार (ne) (namaskār) Norman: baon-n-jour (Guernsey), banjour (Guernsey), boujouo (continental Normandy), bouônjour (Jersey), bwõju (Sark) Northern Thai: สบายดีก่อ Norwegian: Bokmål: hallo (no), hei (no), god dag (no) (formal), halla (no) (informal), heisann Nuosu: please add this translation if you can Nǀuu: ǃhonkia, ǃʻhûua (Western), nǃʻhonga (Eastern), ǃʻhoangkia, ǃʻhoengkia, ǃʻhûuuwe (Western), nǃʻhongowe (Eastern), ǃʻhoangkica ("hello over there"), ǃʻhoangkiki ("hello there"), ǃʻhuqungkia Occitan: bonjorn (oc), adieu-siatz (formal "you"), adieu-siás (informal "you") Odia: ନମସ୍କାର (or) (namaskāra) Ojibwe: boozhoo Okinawan: はいさい m (haisai), はいたい f (haitai), はい n (hai) Old English: wes hāl Oromo: akkam Ossetian: салам (salam), байрай (bajraj), арфӕ (arfæ) Pa'O: ခွဲးဟဝ်ဒျာႏ (blk), မင်္ဂလာႏဒျာႏ(colloquial) Palauan: alii Pashto: سلام (ps) (salām), سلام الېک (slāmālék), السلام عليکم (as-salám alaykúm) Persian: Classical Persian: سَلَام (salām), سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum), دُرود (durōd), , دَرُود (darūd), دَرُود (darūd) Dari: سَلَام (salām), سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) (formal), دُرُود (durūd), دَرُود (darūd) Iranian Persian: سَلام (salâm), سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm aleykom) (religious), دُرود (dorud) (literary) Picard: bojour Pitcairn-Norfolk: watawieh Polish: cześć (pl) (informal), witaj (pl), witajcie, witam (pl) (more formal), dzień dobry (pl) (formal), siema (pl) (informal), czołem (pl), halo (pl) (on phone), serwus (pl) (colloquial), cześka (colloquial), siemanero (colloquial), , hej (pl), cze, elo (pl) Portuguese: oi (pt), olá (pt), (slang) e aí? (pt) Punjabi: ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ (sati śrī akāl) Rapa Nui: 'iorana Romani: te es baxtalo (to a male), te es baxtali (to a female), te en baxtale (to two or more people) Romanian: salut (ro), bună (ro), noroc (ro) (informal), bună ziua (formal), servus (ro) Russian: приве́т (ru) (privét) (informal), здоро́во (ru) (zdoróvo) (colloquial), здра́вствуйте (ru) (zdrávstvujte) (formal, first "в" is silent), до́брый день (ru) (dóbryj denʹ), здра́вствуй (ru) (zdrávstvuj) (informal, first "в" is silent), салю́т (ru) (saljút) Rwanda-Rundi: Kinyarwanda: muraho Sami: Inari Sami: tiervâ Northern: dearvva, būres Skolt: tiõrv Southern: buaregh Samoan: talofa Sanskrit: नमस्कार (sa) (namaskāra), नमस्ते (namaste), नमो नमः (namo namaḥ) (formal) Santali: ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ (jôhar) Scots: hullo Scottish Gaelic: halò (informal), latha math (formal), (informal) hòigh Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: здра̏во, ћа̑о, ме̏рха̄ба, селам, бог, бок Roman: zdrȁvo (sh), ćȃo, mȅrhāba, selam (sh), bog, bok (sh) Sesotho: lumela Shan: မႂ်ႇသုင် (shn) (màue sǔng) Shona: mhoro Sicilian: ciao, salutamu, s'abbinidica Sindhi: هيلو Sinhalese: හලෝ (halō), ආයුබෝවන් (si) (āyubōwan) Situ: please add this translation if you can Slovak: ahoj (sk), nazdar (informal), servus (sk) (informal), dobrý deň (formal) Slovene: žívjo, zdrávo (informal), dóber dán, pozdrljeni (formal) Somali: ma nabad baa, waa nabad Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dobry źeń Upper Sorbian: dobry dźeń Sotho: dumela (st) Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can Spanish: hola (es), buenos días (es), qué tal, buenas tardes (es) Sundanese: halo Svan: ხოჩა ლადა̈ღ (xoča ladäɣ) Swahili: jambo (sw), salaam Swedish: hallå (sv), hej (sv), god dag (sv) (formal), tjena (sv), hejsan (sv) (informal), tja (sv) Tagalog: kamusta (tl)/kumusta (tl), musta (tl) (slang), hoy (tl), huy, oy/oi (informal), uy/ui (informal) Tajik: салом (salom) Tamil: வணக்கம் (ta) (vaṇakkam) Tangsa: äshazhoix Tatar: сәлам (tt) (sälam) Telugu: నమసకారం (namasakāraṁ), బాగున్నారా (bāgunnārā) Tetum: elo, olá Thai: สวัสดี (th) (sà-wàt-dii), สวัสดีครับ (male speaker), สวัสดีค่ะ (female speaker), หวัดดี (wàt-dii) Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས (bkra shis bde legs) Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam) Tongan: mālō e lelei Tswana: dumela (tn) (singular, as in dumela, rra, "hello sir"), dumelang (tn) (plural, as in dumelang, borra, "hello gentlemen") Turkish: merhaba (tr), selam (tr), esenlikler (tr) Turkmen: salam, gowmy? sg, gowmyň pl, gurgunmy Tuvan: экии (ekii) Udmurt: ӟечбур (dźećbur), ӟеч (dźeć), чырткем (ćyrtkem), умой (umoj) Ukrainian: приві́т (uk) (pryvít) (informal), здоро́в був (uk) (zdoróv buv) (informal), добри́день (uk) (dobrýdenʹ) (neutral or formal), чоло́м (čolóm), се́рвус (sérvus), здра́стуйте (zdrástujte), здра́стуй (zdrástuj) Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum), اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیکُم (as-salāmu 'alaikum), اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیکُم وَرَحْمَۃُاللہ وَبَرَکَاتُہ (as-salāmu 'alaikum va-rahmatu-llāh, literally “Peace be upon you & May Allah bless”), آداب (ur) (ādāb) Uyghur: سالام (salam) Uzbek: salom (uz) Venetan: ciao (vec) Vietnamese: xin chào (vi), chào (vi) Volapük: glidis Walloon: bondjoû (wa), a (wa), diewåde (wa) (old) Welsh: helo (cy), bore da (good morning), dydd da (good day), hylo West Frisian: hallo, hoi Winnebago: haho (male speaker), hą (female speaker), hinįkaraginʼ Xhosa: molo sg, molweni pl Xibe: ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠᡴᡡᠨᠠ (baitakū na) Yakut: эҕэрдэ (eğerde), дорообо (doroobo) (informal) Yiddish: שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleykhem), אַ גוטן (yi) (a gutn), גוט־מאָרגן (yi) (gut-morgn) Yoruba: ẹ pẹ̀lẹ́ (polite), pẹ̀lẹ́ (non-polite) Yup'ik: waqaa, cama-i Zapotec: padiull Zazaki: sılam, namaste Zhuang: mwngz ndei Zulu: sawubona (zu) (familiar), sanibonani (plural, respectful) when answering the telephone Afrikaans: hallo (af) Albanian: alo (sq) Arabic: آلُو (ʔālū), آلُوْ (ʔāluw), أَلُو (ar) (ʔalū), أَلُوْ (ar) (ʔaluw) Gulf Arabic: اَلُو (alū) Hijazi Arabic: ألو (ʔalu) Armenian: ալլո (hy) (allo) Assamese: হেল’ (helö) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ (alū) Azerbaijani: alo Bashkir: алло (allo) Belarusian: алё (aljó) Bengali: হ্যালো (bn) (hêlō) Bulgarian: а́ло (álo) Burmese: အမိန့်ရှိပါ (a.min.hri.pa) Catalan: digui (ca), si (ca), hola (ca), mani'm Chinese: Cantonese: 喂 (wai2) Hakka: 摩西摩西 (mò-si-mo-sí), 噯 / 嗳 (ói) Hokkien: 喂 (zh-min-nan) (oeh) Mandarin: 喂 (zh) (wéi) Wu: 喂 (5ue) Czech: haló (cs) Danish: hallo (da) Dutch: hallo (nl) Esperanto: halo (eo) Estonian: hallo (et), halloo (et) Finnish: haloo (fi) French: allô (fr) Galician: diga (gl) Georgian: ალო (alo), გისმენთ (gisment) German: hallo (de) Greek: εμπρός (el) (emprós), παρακαλώ (el) (parakaló), ναι; (el) (nai?) Hawaiian: ō Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם? (he) (shalóm?), הָלוֹ? (haló?) Hindi: हलो (halo), हैलो (hailo), हेलो (hi) (helo) Hungarian: halló (hu) Icelandic: halló (is), hæ (is), hæ hæ, góðan dag (is), góðan daginn (is) Indonesian: halo (id) Interlingua: hallo Irish: haileo Italian: pronto (it) Jamaican Creole: ello Japanese: もしもし (ja) (moshimoshi) Kazakh: алло (allo) Khiamniungan Naga: hǖhêi Khmer: អាឡូ (ʼaalou) Korean: 여보세요 (ko) (yeoboseyo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: elo (ku), helo (ku) Kyrgyz: алло (ky) (allo) Lao: ອາໂຫຼ (ʼā lō), ອາໂຫລ (ʼā lō) Latvian: hallo Lithuanian: alio (lt), klausau (lt) Macedonian: ало (alo) Malagasy: alô (mg) Malay: helo (ms) Maltese: ħellow Marathi: हॅलो (hĕlo) Mari: Eastern Mari: алло (allo) Nepali: हेलो (ne) (helo), हलो (ne) (halo) Norwegian: hallo (no) Odia: ହ୍ୟାଲୋ (hyālo) Persian: Dari: هلو (fa) (halō) Iranian Persian: الو (fa) (alow) Polish: halo (pl), słucham Portuguese: alô (pt), estou (pt) Romani: àlo Romanian: alo (ro), haló Russian: алло́ (ru) (alló), (colloquial) алё (ru) (aljó), слу́шаю (ru) (slúšaju) Scottish Gaelic: halò Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ха̀ло, молим, изволите Roman: hàlo (sh), molim (sh), izvolite (sh) Sicilian: prontu (scn), prontu, cu' è? Slovak: haló, prosím Slovene: haló?, prosim (sl) Spanish: aló (es) (Latin America), bueno (es) (Mexico), diga (es) (Spain), dígame (es) (Spain), hola (es) (Argentina, Uruguay), oigo (es) (Cuba), ¿sí? (es) (Spain) Swedish: hallå (sv), hej (sv), god dag (sv) (formal) Tagalog: helo?, magandang araw po! Tajik: алло (tg) (allo), ҳа (tg) (ha), лаббай (labbay) Thai: สวัสดีครับ, สวัสดีค่ะ (formal), ฮัลโหล (han-lǒo) (informal) Tongan: mālō e lelei Turkish: alo (tr), efendim (tr) Turkmen: allo Ukrainian: алло́ (uk) (alló), слу́хаю (uk) (slúxaju) Urdu: ہیلو (hailo, helo) Uyghur: ياخشىمۇسىز (yaxshimusiz), ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم (essalamu eleykum) Uzbek: allo (uz) Vietnamese: a-lô (vi) Welsh: helo (cy) West Frisian: hallo Zazaki: elo is anyone there? Afrikaans: Is daar iemand? Arabic: هَل مِن أَحَدٍ هُنَا؟ (hal min ʔaḥadin hunā?) Armenian: աու (au) Assamese: কোনোবা আছেনে? (künüba asene?), হেল’ (helö) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ؟ ܚܲܕ݇ ܝܠܹܗ ܬܵܡܵܐ؟ (alū? ḥa ìlēh tāmā?) Azerbaijani: kimsə var? Belarusian: гэй (hej) Bengali: ওহে (bn) (ōhe) Bulgarian: ехо? (bg) (eho?) Catalan: hola? (ca), na maria? Chinese: Cantonese: 喂 (wai3) Hokkien: 有儂無？ / 有侬无？ (ū lâng bô) Mandarin: 有人嗎？ / 有人吗？ (yǒu rén ma?) Czech: haló (cs) Danish: hallo (da) Dutch: hallo? (nl) Esperanto: hola Estonian: halloo? (et) Finnish: huhuu? (fi), haloo? French: eh oh ?, oh eh ?, allô ? (fr), ohé ! (fr) German: hallo? (de), jemand da? Hebrew: שלום? מישהו שם? (shalóm?, mísheu shám?) Hungarian: hahó (hu) Icelandic: halló? (is) Interlingua: hallo? Italian: c'è nessuno? (literally “there is no one here?”), c'è qualcuno? Japanese: おーい (ōi) (formal and informal), すみませーん (sumimasēn) (formal), ちょっと (ja) (chotto) (informal), (on the phone) もしもし (ja) (moshimoshi) Korean: 계세요? (gyeseyo?) (formal) Lithuanian: sveiki (lt) Macedonian: ало́ (aló) Malay: helo (ms) Maltese: hawn xi ħadd? Nepali: को छ त्यहाँ (ko cha tyahā̃), को हो त्यहाँ? (ko ho tyahā̃?) Norwegian: Bokmål: hallo? (no) Nynorsk: hallo? Odia: ନମସ୍କାର (or) (namaskāra) Polish: halo? (pl), jest tu kto? Portuguese: olá? (pt) Romanian: alo? (ro), haló? Russian: ау́ (ru) (aú), е́сть кто́-нибудь? (jéstʹ któ-nibudʹ?) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ха̀ло Roman: hàlo (sh) Slovak: haló Slovene: haló? Spanish: ¿aló? (es), ¡Hola! ¿Hay alguien? (Latin America) Swedish: hallå (sv) Tagalog: tao po?!, sino po nandyan? (tl) Tatar: әй (äy), кем булса да бармы? (kem bulsa da barmı?) Telugu: ఎవరైనా ఉంది (evarainā undi) Thai: มีใครอยู่ไหม? (mii krai yùu mǎi?) Turkish: orda kimse var mı? Ukrainian: аго́в (uk) (ahóv) Urdu: کوئی ہے؟ (ko͞i hai?) Vietnamese: ơi (vi) Welsh: helo? (cy) Zazaki: hımın m du, kam esto sarcastic: that was foolish Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Arabic: please add this translation if you can Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ (alū) Bulgarian: ало (alo) Chinese: Mandarin: 喂 (zh) (wèi) Danish: hallo! (da), hey! (da) Dutch: ja, hallo! Estonian: halloo! (et), tere hommikust! (et), tere tali! Finnish: haloo! (fi) French: ho (fr) German: hallo! (de), halloho! Hebrew: הלו (hálo) Hungarian: jól vagy?, magadnál vagy?, észnél vagy?, eszednél vagy?, normális vagy? (rude) Icelandic: halló! (is) Italian: ciao (it) Japanese: やれやれ (ja) (yareyare) (formal and informal), やれやれだぜ (yareyare daze) (informal), 大丈夫？ (daijōbu?) (formal and informal), 大丈夫かよ (daijōbu kayo?) (more informal), マジ？ (maji?) (informal), マジかよ？ (maji kayo?) (more informal) Macedonian: алооо? (alooo?) Norwegian: Bokmål: hallo (no) Nynorsk: hallo Portuguese: acorda (pt), alô (pt) Romanian: aloo Russian: здра́сте (ru) (zdráste), здра́сте Но́вый Го́д (zdráste Nóvyj Gód) Slovene: haló! Swedish: men hallå, hallå där Tagalog: hoy! (tl), huy!, oy!/oi!, uy!/ui! Vietnamese: này! (vi) expression of puzzlement Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Arabic: please add this translation if you can Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ (alū) Belarusian: але́ (be) (aljé) Bulgarian: моля (bg) (molja) Catalan: conill! (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: hallo? (da) Dutch: hallo! (nl) Finnish: oho (fi) French: ouah (fr) German: hallo (de) Hebrew: הלו (hálo) Hindi: [script needed] (kya) Icelandic: halló (is) Japanese: 本当？ (ja) (hontō) (Sure?, formal), 冗談だろ？ (jōdan daro) (You are joking, formal and informal), 大丈夫？ (ja) (daijōbu?) (Are you all right?, formal and informal), 大丈夫かよ？ (daijōbu kayo?) (Are you all right?, more informal), マジ？ (maji?) (Are you sure?, You're kidding!, informal), マジかよ (maji kayo?) (Are you sure?, You're kidding!, more informal) Norwegian: Bokmål: hei (no) Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: o que, oi? (pt) Romanian: ia uite Slovene: hêj! Swedish: men hallå Tagalog: uy?!/ui?!, huy?!, oy?!/oi?!, hoy?! (tl) Vietnamese: ôi trời! West Frisian: hallo! Zazaki: merhebaa, way (diq) The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations. Translations to be checked Fijian: (please verify) bula (fj) Irish: (please verify) haló Maori: (please verify) kia ora (mi) Marshallese: (please verify) yokwe Nahuatl: (please verify) niltze (nah) Nepali: (please verify) नमस्कार (ne) (namaskār) Tatar: (please verify) isänme(sez)!, (please verify) sälâm! (1), (please verify) allo, (please verify) hallow (2) Urdu: (please verify) آداب (ur) (ādāb), (please verify) السلام علیکم (āssālam ‘alaykum) Vietnamese: chào (vi) (ông (vi), bà (vi), cô (vi), anh (vi), chị (vi), em (vi), quí vị) Woiwurrung: (please verify) gudjinna, (please verify) wawa See also[edit] Category:English greetings hello on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Noun[edit]hello (plural hellos or helloes)
"Hello!" or an equivalent greeting. 2007 April 29, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, in New York Times[1]:In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox. Synonyms[edit] greeting Derived terms[edit] say hello to my little friend Verb[edit]hello (third-person singular simple present hellos or helloes, present participle helloing, simple past and past participle helloed)
(transitive) To greet with "hello". 1891, Records and Briefs in Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Minnesota, page 227:She is there guarding and looking after the candy and the children generally, and she helloes and renders an exclamation that Maidie is crossing the street. 1927, Ohio State Engineer, page 18:He helloes to my daughter: […] 2012, Mark Dolan, Do You Mind if I Put My Hand on it?: Journeys into the Worlds of the Weird, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN:‘Hello Minka! Great to meet you!’ Minka seems nonplussed at what I thought was an uncontroversial opening remark. There’s an awkward pause. She then helloes me back. But that’s all I get. 2013, Ivan Doig, English Creek, page 139:I had to traipse around somewhat, helloing people and being helloed, before I spotted my mother and my father, sharing shade and a spread blanket with Pete and Marie Reese and Toussaint Rennie near the back of the park. Anagrams[edit] Holle French[edit] Etymology[edit]From English hello.
Pronunciation[edit] Audio (France (Vosges)):(file) Interjection[edit]hello
(anglicism) hello, hi Further reading[edit] “hello”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. Fula[edit] Etymology[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun[edit]hello ngo (plural hellooji ɗi)
a page one side of a wall, a wall a slap in the face References[edit] Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.