English

Etymology 1
Variant of hollo, which was a variant of holla from Middle French hola (equivalent to ho ahoy + la there).
See also: holler.

Etymology 2
From the Hungarian "hallom", which means "I do hear you". When the first long-distance telephone connection was tested by w:Tivadar Puskás|Tivadar Puskás and w:Thomas Alva Edison|Edison on April 2, 1878, Puskás repeatedly and vehemently used the word "hallom" to respond. It became an "insider phrase" for telephone exchange testers, and later used in the USA to respond to telephone calls, from where it started to spread (and ultimately it have reached Hungary again, where it is used as well).

Interjection
hallo

1. A variant of hello
2. A cry of surprise.

#* 1890, w:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, s:The Sign of the Four|The Sign of the Four,
#*: It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the � But hallo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
Category:English interjections
Noun
hallo

1. The cry "hallo!"
2. A shout of exultation.

Category:English nouns
Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
hallo

1. To shout, or to call with a loud voice.

Transitive verb
hallo

1. To chase while shouting "hallo!"
2. To cry "hallo" to someone.
3. To shout something.

Category:English verbs
See also
:Category:Greetings

Dutch

Interjection
hallo

1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)

Estonian

Interjection
hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone)

German

Interjection
hallo

1. hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)

Interlingua

Interjection
hallo

1. hello (a greeting usually used to answer the telephone or when meeting somebody)

de:hallo
fa:hallo
fr:hallo
ko:hallo
io:hallo
id:hallo
it:hallo
nl:hallo
no:hallo
pl:hallo
pt:hallo
sv:hallo
vi:hallo
zh:hallo

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