name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hallows
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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UK: /ˈhæləʊz/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈhæloʊz/
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rhymes with (UK) -æləʊz
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rhymes with (US) -æloʊz
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 L OW0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of hallow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
The relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, plural, plural-only
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verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of hallow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
From Old English halh (“hollow”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pyhäinjäännös — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
- French: reliquaire — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
- Italian: reliquiario — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
- Italian: reliquie — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
- Russian: мо́щи (móšči) — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
- Russian: реликвии (relikvii) — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
- Serbo-Croatian: relikvije — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
- Spanish: relicario — relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept
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