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Date "HALLO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1812. (references) |
Crosswords: HALLO |
| Non-English Usage: "HALLO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (hello), Danish (hello), Dutch (hello, hey, hi, say), Flemish (hello), French (hallo), German (folks!, hallo, halloo, hello, hey, hi, yoo-hoo), Norwegian (hello), Papiamen (hello). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hallo, would you like to have a roll in ze hay? (Young Frankenstein; writing credit: Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hallo - Hotel Sacher... Portier! (1973) Derude Hallo (1953) Hallo Dienstmann (1952) Afrika forude Hallo (1929) Hallo! Amerika! (1926) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Hallo, Partner. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Hallo! A great deal of steam! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "HALLO" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 87.67% of the time. "HALLO" is used about 146 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Interjection | 87.67% | 128 | 28,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 12.33% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 146 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "HALLO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hallo | Last name | 100 | 72,225 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "HALLO": hallo-ed. | |
Ending with "HALLO": a-hallo. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hallo | 166 |
123 fischer hallo | 13 |
berlin hallo | 7 |
hallo welt | 5 |
2 hallo | 4 |
ben hallo ik | 3 |
ana hallo tour | 3 |
bay hallo | 3 |
hallo kitty | 3 |
hallo spencer | 3 |
ben geil hallo ik | 3 |
boards hallo | 2 |
hallo man | 2 |
hallo pizza | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HALLO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hej (heigh, hello, hey), tungjatjeta (hello), thirrje për të tërhequr vëmendjen, thirrje habie, përshëndetje (bow, compliments, greeting, hail, salutation, salute, send off), alo (hello). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرحبا (hello, welcome), هتاف (acclaim, acclamation, applause, cheer, cheering, clarion, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, ovation, plaudit, whoop, yell), أهلا وسهلا (hullo, welcome), أهلا (hello). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хей (ahoy, hi, hollo, hoy), я (why), ей (ahoy, here, hi, hollo, hoy), ало (ahoy, hello, yello). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nazdar (cheerio, hello, hi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یاالله , هی (Gee, Hey), هالوگفتن , هالو, اهوی (Yoohoo), اهای (Hey, Yoohoo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hallo, tiens, salut, bonjour. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hallo (folks!, halloo, hello, hey, hi, yoo-hoo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γειά σου (halloo, hallow), άκουσε. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | halló (aural, hello, hullo, otic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | salve (cheers, hail, hello, hi), pronto (alert, apt, finished, fit, game, hello, hullo, inclined, Pat, prepared, prompt, quick, ready, ripe, set, speedy, through), ciao (bye, bye bye, cheerio, goodbye, hello, hi, hi!, hullo, so long). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allohay saudao (greeting, hail), lgrimas (greeting), gritar por algum, cumprimento (accomplishment, accost, acquittal, compliment, enforcement, fulfillment, fulfilment, greeting, implementation, observance, performance, respect, salute). (various references) hei (ahoy, heigh, hello, hey, heyday, hi, hoa, holla, hullo, hullo there, huzza, I say, oh), striga (bark out, bawl, bellow, brawl, break, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry cherries, cry out, ejaculate, hail, halloo, hollo, hoop, howl, page, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shriek out, squall, vociferate, yell), salut (cheerio, good bye, greeting, hail, hullo, nod, salutation, salute, so long, welcome), da (accord, administer, afford, avail, beat, bestow, bind, deal, deliver, deliver up, extend, fetch, find, gift, give, give away, grant, hand, inflict, launch, lend, offer, pass, pay, push, reach, render, restore, return, sell, send, set, sound, sprout, yea, yes, yield), alo (halloo, hello, hi, hullo, oh). (various references) алло (hello), приветствие (acclaimer, accost, greeting, hail, salutation, salute), привет (aloha, hello, hi, regards, regards to, remembrances, respects to). (various references) ej (eh, hey). (various references) hola (hail, hello, hey, hi, hoy, hullo), oiga (hello, hullo, I say, listen, see here), caramba (bother, by gum, by jingo, gee, golly, good gracious, hello, hullo, well, well I never), bueno (all right, alright, cheering, convenient, cosy, cozy, cult, decent, enjoyable, fair, fine, glad, good, goodly, Goody, hearty, hello, high, hullo, kind, kindly, nice, okay, plenteous, plentiful, right, strong, useful, well, what, whatever). (various references) hej (cheerio, hello, hey, hi, howdy, hullo), hallå (hello, hey, hi, hollo, hoy, hullo, hulloaballoo), god dag (good day, hello). (various references) merhaba (ave, chin chin, hello, hi, hullo), alo (halloo, hello, hullo). (various references) алло (hello, hullo), привіт (ave, chin chin, greeting, greetings, hail, hello, regards, respects). (various references) tiếng ch o tiếng gọi "n y. (various references) ndiyaphila (I am fine/well, I am well/fine), molo (Hello), ewe (yes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HALLO": halloa, halloaed, halloaing, halloas, halloed, halloes, halloing, halloo, hallooed, hallooing, halloos, hallos, hallot, halloth, hallow, hallowed, hallower, hallowers, hallowing, hallows. (additional references) | |
Words containing "HALLO": challot, challoth, phallocentric, shalloon, shalloons, shallop, shallops, shallot, shallots, shallow, shallowed, shallower, shallowest, shallowing, shallowly, shallowness, shallownesses, shallows, thalloid, thallophyte, thallophytes, thallophytic, thallous, unhallow, unhallowed, unhallowing, unhallows. (additional references) | |
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"HALLO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ahilo, hablo, hadlo, Haflor, halal, haldle, halio, Halkon, halla, halle, Hallim, halloh, hallon, hallos, hallot, hallu, hallux, Halmo, halog, halom, halon, haloo, halor, Halu, haylli, helllo, hellof, helloo, hellu, hillo, hillod, Hlalele, hllo, hlo, Hollom, Hollon, holloo, hslo, phallo, Rallo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: holla. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-l-o" | |
-1 letter: hall, halo, olla. | |
-2 letters: all, hao. | |
-3 letters: ah, al, ha, ho, la, lo, oh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-l-o" | |
+1 letter: cholla, halloa, halloo, hallos, hallot, hallow, hilloa, hollas, holloa, hulloa, mollah. | |
+2 letters: alcohol, challot, chloral, chollas, halloas, halloed, halloes, halloos, halloth, hallows, hilloas, holdall, hollaed, holland, holloas, hulloas, loathly, lochial, mollahs, shallop, shallot, shallow, tallyho. | |
+3 letters: agalloch, alcohols, allopath, ballyhoo, challoth, chlorals, chorally, coalhole, halloaed, halloing, hallooed, hallowed, hallower, halolike, hilloaed, holdable, holdalls, hollaing, hollands, holloaed, hulloaed, loathful, mothball, poolhall, shalloon, shallops, shallots, shallows, tallyhos, thalloid, thallous, unhallow. | |
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