adj
Meaning 1
Alternative spelling of hollow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hallow
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -æləʊ
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/
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Scotland: /ˈhalo/
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US: /ˈhæloʊ/
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rhymes with -ɒləʊ
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US, dialectal: /ˈhɑloʊ/
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homophone: hollow (father-bother merger)
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: obsolete outside set phrases
Examples
- All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day").
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural, obsolete
Examples
- To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A shout, cry; a hulloo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To make holy, to sanctify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
render holy by means of religious rites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consecrate, bless, sanctify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declare
Narrower terms: reconsecrate
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halwe (“a saint, holy thing, shrine”), from Old English hālga (“a holy one, saint”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy one”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh2ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Scots halow, hallow (“saint”), German Heiliger (“saint (male)”) / Heilige (“saint (female)”). More at holy, whole.
Inherited from Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”, interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer.
Inherited from Middle English halwen (“to hallow, sanctify”), from Old English hālgian (“to hallow, sanctify, make holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną (“to make holy”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh2ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Dutch heiligen (“to hallow”), German heiligen (“to hallow”). More at holy.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: светец (svetec) — holy person
- Chinese Mandarin: 聖人 /圣人 (shèngrén) — holy person
- Danish: helgen — holy person
- Dutch: heiligen — holy person
- Finnish: pyhä — holy person
- Finnish: pyhimys — holy person
- French: saint — holy person
- French: sainte — holy person
- Galician: santo — holy person
- German: Heiliger — holy person
- German: Heilige — holy person
- Greek: άγιος (ágios) — holy person
- Greek: αγία (agía) — holy person
- Italian: santo — holy person
- Italian: santa — holy person
- Korean: 성인 (seong'in) — holy person
- Norwegian Bokmål: helgen — holy person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: helgen — holy person
- Portuguese: santo — holy person
- Portuguese: santa — holy person
- Russian: свято́й (svjatój) — holy person
- Serbo-Croatian: све́тац — holy person
- Serbo-Croatian: svétac — holy person
- Spanish: santo — holy person
- Spanish: santa — holy person
- Ottoman Turkish: عزیز (ʼazîz) — holy person
- Ottoman Turkish: اولیا (evliya) — holy person
- Volapük: saludan — holy person
- Volapük: hisaludan — holy person
- Volapük: jisaludan — holy person
- Bulgarian: освещавам (osveštavam) — make holy, sanctify
- Danish: hellige — make holy, sanctify
- Danish: helliggøre — make holy, sanctify
- Dutch: heiligen — make holy, sanctify
- Finnish: pyhittää — make holy, sanctify
- French: sanctifier — make holy, sanctify
- French: bénir — make holy, sanctify
- German: heiligen — make holy, sanctify
- German: heilig machen — make holy, sanctify
- German: sanktifizieren — make holy, sanctify
- German: weihen — make holy, sanctify
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan) — make holy, sanctify
- Ancient Greek: ἁγίζω (hagízō) — make holy, sanctify
- Ancient Greek: ἁγιάζω (hagiázō) — make holy, sanctify
- Hungarian: megszentel — make holy, sanctify
- Italian: santificare — make holy, sanctify
- Latin: consecrō — make holy, sanctify
- Norwegian Bokmål: hellige — make holy, sanctify
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjøre hellig — make holy, sanctify
- Norwegian Nynorsk: heilage — make holy, sanctify
- Norwegian Nynorsk: helge — make holy, sanctify
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gjere heilag — make holy, sanctify
- Old Norse: helga — make holy, sanctify
- Polish: święcić — make holy, sanctify
- Polish: poświęcać — make holy, sanctify
- Portuguese: santificar — make holy, sanctify
- Russian: освяща́ть (osvjaščátʹ) — make holy, sanctify
- Scottish Gaelic: naomhaich — make holy, sanctify
- Spanish: santificar — make holy, sanctify
- Swedish: helga — make holy, sanctify
- Tok Pisin: tambuim — make holy, sanctify
- Turkish: kutsamak — make holy, sanctify
- Turkish: kutsallaştırmak — make holy, sanctify
- Volapük: saludükön — make holy, sanctify