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English

Etymology
:American English (first recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian), originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Medieval English hy, hey (circa 1475) also an exclamation to call attention.

Pronunciation
IPA|/haɪ/, SAMPA|/haI/
audio|en-us-hi.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|aɪ

Homophones
high
hie

Interjection
wikipedia
hi

1. A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.

#: Hi, how are you?
#: I just dropped by to say �hi�.

Synonyms
sense|friendly informal greeting hello

Translations
trans-top|friendly, informal greeting
Aleut: aang
Arabic: t+|ar|�رحبا|sc=Arab
Bosnian: Merhaba, Ciao|�ao
Bulgarian: ало, зд�авей!
Catalan: hola
Chinese: � (l� , wèi )
Croatian: t-|hr|halo, t-|hr|bok
Czech: t+|cs|ahoj
Danish: hallo, goddag, hej!
Dutch: t+|nl|hallo, t+|nl|hoi
Esperanto: t-|eo|saluton|xs=Esperanto
Euskera: kaixo
Filipino: helo, hoy
Finnish: t+|fi|hei, t+|fi|moi, t+|fi|terve
French: t+|fr|salut, t+|fr|bonjour
Galician: hola
German: t+|de|hallo
Greek: t+|el|γεια|sc=Grek (geia)
Hebrew: t+|he|ש���|sc=Hebr
Hindi: t-|hi|Namaste|xs=Hindi
Hungarian: t+|hu|szia
Icelandic: t+|is|halló, t+|is|hæ
Indonesian: t-|id|hai|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: salute, hallo
Italian: t+|it|ciao
trans-mid
Japanese: t+|ja|�����|trkonnichiwa|scJpan
Korean: �� (ann-yeong)
Latin: t-|la|salve, t+|la|ave
Lithuanian: Labas, Sveikas
Maltese: ejj
Mongolian: sain uu
Norwegian: t+|no|hei
Persian: t+|fa|س�ا�|trsalaam|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|cze��
Portuguese: olá, oi, alô
Punjabi: sat sri akal (formal), kiddhan(informal)
Romanian: t+|ro|bun�, t-|ro|salut
Russian: t+|ru|п�иве�|sc=Cyrl
Serbian: t-|sr|Ciao|alt=�ao, t-|sr|zdravo
Sicilian: sabbinirìca
Slovenian: živjo, zdravo
Spanish: t+|es|hola
Swedish: hallå, hej! (god dag formal)
Tagalog: helo, hoy
Turkish: merhaba, selam
Tzutujil: coli
Ukrainian: п�ивi�
Vietnamese: chàho (depending on the relationship between speaker and person addressed, one of the following terms may be appended: ông, bà#Vietnamese|bà, cô#Vietnamese|cô, anh#Vietnamese|anh, ch�, em#Vietnamese|em, quí v�)
Volapük: glidis!
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Adjective
hi

1. informal Simplified spelling variant of high, often hyphenated.

#: Get hi-quality videos here!
#: Next, set the burner to hi''.

Derived terms
hi-tech
hi-lo
hi-fi
hifalutin

Related terms
lo
mid

Category:English simplified spelling variants
Category:English two-letter words
Category:Greetings

Albanian

Noun
hi m (-ri)

1. ashes

Category:Albanian nouns

Basque

Pronoun
hi

1. you (singular, familiar)

Category:Basque pronouns

Breton

Pronoun
hi

1. she

Category:Breton pronouns

Cornish

Pronoun
hi

1. she|She (third-person feminine singular personal pronoun).

Danish

Noun
hi

1. hibernation

Maltese

Etymology
From Arabic

Pronoun
hi

1. she

Category:Maltese pronouns

Welsh

Pronoun
hi

1. she, her.

Category:Welsh pronouns

bs:hi
ca:hi
de:hi
et:hi
es:hi
fr:hi
gl:hi
ko:hi
hu:hi
ja:hi
pl:hi
ru:hi
simple:hi
sl:hi
fi:hi
vi:hi
tpi:hi
tr:hi
ts:hi
zh:hi

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