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• General-American: /hɛˈloʊ/
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• General-American: /həˈloʊ/
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• General-American: /ˈhɛloʊ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /həˈləʊ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /hɛˈləʊ/
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• Northumbria: /hæˈlaʊ/
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• Australian: /həˈləʉ/
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• Canada: /hɛˈloː/
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• Canada: /həˈloː/
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• Canada: /ˈhɛloː/
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• Canada: /ˈhɛlo/
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• South-Asia: /həˈlo(w)/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AH0 L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1826. From holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades. Ultimately from a variant of Old English ēalā, such as hēlā, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to how hey and (in some dialects) hi are used nowadays. Thus, equivalent to a compound of hey and lo. Used when drawing attention to yourself. Possibly influenced by Old Saxon halo, imperative of halōn (“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin to Old High German hala, hola!, imperative forms of halōn, holōn (“to fetch”). For more information, see hallo. The Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Dictionary also suggested that it is a variant of holla, a variant of holloo. Further beyond, the origin remains uncertain. OED and Merriam-Webster suggested that it has a connection between hallow (“to shout, to cry out loud”), which came from Old French holloer, which, according to Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch, is from Old Saxon halōn.

887 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: сальам (salzam) — greeting
• Abkhaz: бзиа збаша (bzja zbaŝa) — greeting
• Abkhaz: мыш бзи (məŝ bzi) — greeting
• Abkhaz: бзиара убааит (bzjara ubaajtʼ) — greeting
• Abkhaz: бзиара ббааит (bzjara bbaajtʼ) — greeting
• Abkhaz: бзиара жәбааит (bzjara ẑwbaajtʼ) — greeting
• Afrikaans: hallo — greeting
• Afrikaans: goeiedag — greeting
• Ahom: 𑜈𑜩𑜨 𑜀𑜪𑜨 (bayo kaṃo) — greeting
• Ainu: イランカラㇷ゚テ (irankarapte) — greeting
• Akan: maakye — greeting
• Akan: maaha — greeting
• Akan: maadwo — greeting
• Albanian: përshëndetje — greeting
• Albanian: tungjatjeta — greeting
• Albanian: tung — greeting
• Albanian: ç'kemi — greeting
• Aleut: aang — greeting
• Aleut: draas — greeting
• Southern Altai: эзен (ezen) — greeting
• Southern Altai: селем (selem) — greeting
• Alutiiq: cama’i — greeting
• Ambonese Malay: wai — greeting
• Amharic: ሰላም (sälam) — greeting
• Jicarilla: dá nzhǫ́ — greeting
• Western Apache: dagotʼee — greeting
• Western Apache: daʼanzho — greeting
• Western Apache: yaʼateh — greeting
• Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum) — greeting
• Arabic: سَلَام (salām) — greeting
• Arabic: مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban) — greeting
• Arabic: أَهْلًا (ʔahlan) — greeting
• Arabic: اهلاً (ahlan) — greeting
• Arabic: مَرحَبا (marḥaba) — greeting
• Arabic: هلا (hala) — greeting
• Arabic: السلام عليكم (as-salāmu ʕalēkum) — greeting
• Arabic: أهلًا (ʔahlan) — greeting
• Iraqi Arabic: هلو (helaww) — greeting
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šlāmā) — greeting
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܼܟ݂ (šlāmā ˁalōḵ) — greeting
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ (šlāmā ˁallāḵ) — greeting
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šlāmā ˁallāwḵōn) — greeting
• Archi: салам алейкум (salam alejkum) — greeting
• Archi: варчӏами (warčʼami) — greeting
• Armenian: բարեւ (barew) — greeting
• Armenian: բարեւ ձեզ (barew jez) — greeting
• Armenian: բարեւ Ձեզ (barew Jez) — greeting
• Armenian: ողջույն (oġǰuyn) — greeting
• Assamese: নমস্কাৰ (nomoskar) — greeting
• Assamese: আচ্চেলামো আলাইকোম (asselamü alaiküm) — greeting
• Assamese: হেল’ (helö) — greeting
• Asturian: hola — greeting
• Azerbaijani: salam — greeting
• Azerbaijani: səlam — greeting
• Azerbaijani: hər vaxtınız xeyir olsun — greeting
• Azerbaijani: hər vaxtınız xeyir — greeting
• Azerbaijani: günaydın — greeting
• Azerbaijani: xoş gördük — greeting
• Azerbaijani: əssəlamü əleyküm — greeting
• Bambara: i ni ce — greeting
• Bashkir: сәләм (sələm) — greeting
• Basque: kaixo — greeting
• Belarusian: віта́ю (vitáju) — greeting
• Belarusian: здаро́ў (zdarów) — greeting
• Belarusian: прыве́т (pryvjét) — greeting
• Belarusian: до́бры дзень (dóbry dzjenʹ) — greeting
• Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamu alaikum) — greeting
• Bengali: সালাম (salam) — greeting
• Bengali: নমস্কার (nomoskar) — greeting
• Bengali: হ্যালো (hêlō) — greeting
• Bhojpuri: प्रणाम (praṇām) — greeting
• Bouyei: mengz ndil — greeting
• Bulgarian: здра́сти (zdrásti) — greeting
• Bulgarian: здраве́й (zdravéj) — greeting
• Bulgarian: здраве́йте (zdravéjte) — greeting
• Burmese: မင်္ဂလာပါ (mangga.lapa) — greeting
• Burmese: ဟဲလို (hai:lui) — greeting
• Carpathian Rusyn: наздар (nazdar) — greeting
• Catalan: hola — greeting
• Cayuga: sgę́꞉nǫʼ — greeting
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵓⵍ (azul) — greeting
• Chamorro: håfa adai — greeting
• Chechen: маршалла ду хьоьга (maršalla du ḥröga) — greeting
• Chechen: маршалла ду шуьга (maršalla du šüga) — greeting
• Chechen: ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum) — greeting
• Cherokee: ᎣᏏᏲ (osiyo) — greeting
• Chichewa: moni — greeting
• Chickasaw: chokma — greeting
• Chinese Cantonese: 你好 (nei5 hou2) — greeting
• Chinese Cantonese: 哈佬 (haa1 lou2) — greeting
• Chinese: ни хо (ni ho) — greeting
• Chinese: сэляму (seliamu) — greeting
• Chinese: хома (homa) — greeting
• Eastern Min Chinese: 汝好 (nṳ̄ hō̤) — greeting
• Hakka Chinese: 你好 (ngì-hó) — greeting
• Chinese: 汝好 (lí hó) — greeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 你好 (nǐ hǎo) — greeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 您好 (nín hǎo) — greeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 你們好 /你们好 (nǐmen hǎo) — greeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 好 (hǎo) — greeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗨 (hāi) — greeting
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈囉 /哈啰 (hāluó) — greeting
• Chinese Mandarin: ciallo — greeting
• Wu Chinese: 儂好 /侬好 (6non 5hau) — greeting
• Choctaw: halito — greeting
• Chukchi: еттык (ettyk) — greeting
• Chukchi: ети (eti) — greeting
• Chukchi: етти (etti) — greeting
• East Circassian: уузыншэм (wuwuzənšɛm) — greeting
• Coptic: ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ (nofri) — greeting
• Cornish: dydh da — greeting
• Corsican: bonghjornu — greeting
• Plains-Cree: tânisi — greeting
• Crimean Tatar: Мераба (Meraba) — greeting
• Crimean Tatar: Meraba — greeting
• Czech: ahoj — greeting
• Czech: nazdar — greeting
• Czech: čau — greeting
• Czech: dobrý den — greeting
• Danish: hej — greeting
• Danish: dav — greeting
• Danish: god dag — greeting
• Danish: hallo — greeting
• Danish: halløj — greeting
• Dhivehi: އައްސަލާމު ޢަލައިކުމް (assalāmu ʿalaikum̊) — greeting
• Dutch: hallo — greeting
• Dutch: hoi — greeting
• Dutch: hai — greeting
• Dutch: hé — greeting
• Dutch: dag — greeting
• Dutch: goeiedag — greeting
• Dutch: goededag — greeting
• Dutch: goedendag — greeting
• Dutch: goeiendag — greeting
• Esperanto: saluton — greeting
• Estonian: tere — greeting
• Estonian: tervist — greeting
• Estonian: hei — greeting
• Estonian: tsau — greeting
• Faroese: hey — greeting
• Faroese: halló — greeting
• Faroese: góðan dag — greeting
• Fijian: bula — greeting
• Finnish: terve — greeting
• Finnish: moi — greeting
• Finnish: hei — greeting
• Finnish: moikka — greeting
• Finnish: tsau — greeting
• Fox: ahô — greeting
• French: bonjour — greeting
• French: salut — greeting
• French: coucou — greeting
• West-Frisian: hallo — greeting
• West-Frisian: hoi — greeting
• Friulian: mandi — greeting
• Fula: mihofnima — greeting
• Galician: ola — greeting
• Galician: oula — greeting
• Galician: ouga — greeting
• Georgian: გამარჯობა (gamarǯoba) — greeting
• Georgian: ჰეი (hei) — greeting
• German: hallo — greeting
• German: guten Tag — greeting
• German: servus — greeting
• German: moin — greeting
• German: grüß Gott — greeting
• German: Tag — greeting
• German: grüezi — greeting
• German: sälü — greeting
• German: sali — greeting
• German: hoi — greeting
• German: hello — greeting
• Bavarian German: servus — greeting
• Bavarian German: grias di — greeting
• Bavarian German: pfiati — greeting
• Gilbertese: mauri — greeting
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails) — greeting
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (haila) — greeting
• Greek: γεια (geia) — greeting
• Greek: γεια σου (geia sou) — greeting
• Greek: γεια σας (geia sas) — greeting
• Greek: χαίρε (chaíre) — greeting
• Greek: χαίρετε (chaírete) — greeting
• Ancient Greek: χαῖρε (khaîre) — greeting
• Ancient Greek: χαίρετε (khaírete) — greeting
• Ancient Greek: χαῖρε καί ὑγίαινε (khaîre kaí hugíaine) — greeting
• Greenlandic: aluu — greeting
• Paraguayan Guarani: maitei — greeting
• Gujarati: નમસ્તે (namaste) — greeting
• Gujarati: નમસ્કાર (namaskār) — greeting
• Haitian Creole: bonjou — greeting
• Hausa: sannu — greeting
• Hawaiian: aloha — greeting
• Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (shalóm) — greeting
• Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם עָלֵיכֶם (shalóm 'aleikhém) — greeting
• Hindi: नमस्ते (namaste) — greeting
• Hindi: नमस्कार (namaskār) — greeting
• Hindi: सलाम (salām) — greeting
• Hindi: सत श्री अकाल (sat śrī akāl) — greeting
• Hindi: हेलो (helo) — greeting
• Hindi: हलो (halo) — greeting
• Hindi: सत्य (satya) — greeting
• Hindi: आदाब (ādāb) — greeting
• Green Hmong: nyob zoo — greeting
• White Hmong: nyob zoo — greeting
• Hungarian: szia — greeting
• Hungarian: sziasztok — greeting
• Hungarian: szervusz — greeting
• Hungarian: szervusztok — greeting
• Hungarian: heló — greeting
• Hungarian: helló — greeting
• Hungarian: jó napot — greeting
• Hungarian: jó napot kívánok — greeting
• Hungarian: üdvözlöm — greeting
• Icelandic: halló — greeting
• Icelandic: hæ — greeting
• Icelandic: góðan dag — greeting
• Icelandic: góðan daginn — greeting
• Ido: hola — greeting
• Igbo: kèdu — greeting
• Indonesian: hai — greeting
• Indonesian: salam — greeting
• Ingrian: tere — greeting
• Ingrian: draastui — greeting
• Interlingua: bon die — greeting
• Interlingua: salute — greeting
• Iquito: juu — greeting
• Irish: Dia dhuit — greeting
• Irish: Dia dhaoibh — greeting
• Irish: Dia's Muire dhuit — greeting
• Irish: Dia's Muire dhaoibh — greeting
• Italian: ciao — greeting
• Italian: salve — greeting
• Italian: buongiorno — greeting
• Italian: saluti — greeting
• Iu Mien: yiem longx nyei — greeting
• Jamaican Creole: ello — greeting
• Jamaican Creole: wah gwaan — greeting
• Japanese: おはよう (ohayō) — greeting
• Japanese: おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasu) — greeting
• Japanese: 今日は (konnichi wa) — greeting
• Japanese: 今晩は (konban wa) — greeting
• Javanese: halo — greeting
• Jeju: 반갑수다 (ban-gapsuda) — greeting
• Jeju: 펜안ᄒᆞ우꽈 (pen-anhawukkwa) — greeting
• Jeju: 펜안 (pen-an) — greeting
• Judeo-Tat: шолум (şolum) — greeting
• Kabyle: azul — greeting
• Kalmyk: мендвт (mendvt) — greeting
• Kalmyk: менд (mend) — greeting
• Kannada: ತುಳಿಲು (tuḷilu) — greeting
• Kannada: ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (namaskāra) — greeting
• Karachay-Balkar: кюнюгюз ашхы болсун (künügüz aşxı bolsun) — greeting
• Karachay-Balkar: ассаламу алейкум (assalamu aleykum) — greeting
• Karelian: terveh — greeting
• Karelian: hei — greeting
• Pa'o Karen: ခွဲးဟဝ်ဒျာႏ — greeting
• Pa'o Karen: မင်္ဂလာႏဒျာႏ — greeting
• Kazakh: сәлем (sälem) — greeting
• Kazakh: сәлеметсіздер (sälemetsızder) — greeting
• Khmer: ជម្រាបសួរ (cumriəp suə) — greeting
• Khmer: សួស្តី (suəsdəy) — greeting
• Komi-Permyak: Видза оланныд (Vidźa olannyd) — greeting
• Korean: 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka) — greeting
• Korean: 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) — greeting
• Korean: 안녕 (annyeong) — greeting
• Krio: kushɛ — greeting
• Northern Kurdish: merheba — greeting
• Northern Kurdish: silav — greeting
• Northern Kurdish: selam — greeting
• Kyrgyz: саламатсыздарбы (salamatsızdarbı) — greeting
• Kyrgyz: салам (salam) — greeting
• Ladino: shalom — greeting
• Ladino: saludos — greeting
• Ladino: bonjur — greeting
• Lak: салам (salam) — greeting
• Lakota: háu — greeting
• Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī) — greeting
• Latin: salvē — greeting
• Latin: salvēte — greeting
• Latin: avē — greeting
• Latin: avēte — greeting
• Latvian: sveiki — greeting
• Latvian: sveiks — greeting
• Latvian: sveika — greeting
• Latvian: čau — greeting
• Laz: გეგაჯგინას (gegacginas) — greeting
• Lezgi: салам (salam) — greeting
• Lithuanian: labas — greeting
• Lithuanian: sveikas — greeting
• Lithuanian: sveiki — greeting
• Livonian: tēriņtš — greeting
• Low German: moi — greeting
• Low German: moin — greeting
• Low German: hoi — greeting
• Low German: hai — greeting
• Low German: hee — greeting
• Low German: hallo — greeting
• Low German: gode(n) dag — greeting
• Low German: ge(n)dag — greeting
• Lü: ᦍᦲᧃᦡᦲ (yiinḋii) — greeting
• Luo: msawa — greeting
• Luxembourgish: hallo — greeting
• Maasai: sopa — greeting
• Maasai: entasupa — greeting
• Macedonian: здраво (zdravo) — greeting
• Malagasy: manao ahoana? — greeting
• Malagasy: salama — greeting
• Malay: helo — greeting
• Malay: apa khabar — greeting
• Malay: salam — greeting
• Malayalam: ഹലോ (halō) — greeting
• Malayalam: നമസ്തേ (namastē) — greeting
• Malayalam: നമസ്കാരം (namaskāraṁ) — greeting
• Maltese: bonġu — greeting
• Maltese: bonswa — greeting
• Maltese: nsellimlek — greeting
• Maltese: nsellmilkom — greeting
• Maltese: nsellmulek — greeting
• Maltese: nsellmulkom — greeting
• Maltese: ħelow — greeting
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᠶᡡᠨ (saiyūn) — greeting
• Māori: kia ora — greeting
• Māori: tēnā koe — greeting
• Māori: tēnā kōrua — greeting
• Māori: tēnā koutou — greeting
• Marshallese: io̧kwe — greeting
• Marshallese: yokwe — greeting
• Mapudungun: mari mari — greeting
• Maranungku: yo — greeting
• Marathi: नमस्कार (namaskār) — greeting
• Michif: tánishi — greeting
• Michif: boñjour — greeting
• Mingrelian: გომორძგუა (gomorʒgua) — greeting
• Mohawk: sekoh — greeting
• Mon: မ္ၚဵုရအဴ — greeting
• Mongolian: сайн уу? (sajn uu?) — greeting
• Mongolian: сайн байна уу? (sajn bajna uu?) — greeting
• Mongolian: сайн байцгаана уу? (sajn bajcgaana uu?) — greeting
• Mopan Maya: dʼyoos — greeting
• Khiamniungan Naga: hǖhêi — greeting
• Nahuatl: niltze — greeting
• Nahuatl: panoltih — greeting
• Navajo: yáʼátʼééh — greeting
• Neapolitan: uè — greeting
• Nepali: नमस्ते (namaste) — greeting
• Nepali: नमस्कार (namaskār) — greeting
• Norman: baon-n-jour — greeting
• Norman: banjour — greeting
• Norman: boujouo — greeting
• Norman: bouônjour — greeting
• Norman: bwõju — greeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: hallo — greeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: hei — greeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: god dag — greeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: halla — greeting
• Norwegian Bokmål: heisann — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃhonkia — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃʻhûua — greeting
• Nǀuu: nǃʻhonga — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃʻhoangkia — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃʻhoengkia — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃʻhûuuwe — greeting
• Nǀuu: nǃʻhongowe — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃʻhoangkica — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃʻhoangkiki — greeting
• Nǀuu: ǃʻhuqungkia — greeting
• Occitan: bonjorn — greeting
• Occitan: adieu-siatz — greeting
• Occitan: adieu-siás — greeting
• Odia: ନମସ୍କାର (namaskāra) — greeting
• Ojibwe: boozhoo — greeting
• Okinawan: はいさい (haisai) — greeting
• Okinawan: はいたい (haitai) — greeting
• Okinawan: はい (hai) — greeting
• Old English: wes hāl — greeting
• Oromo: akkam — greeting
• Ossetian: салам (salam) — greeting
• Ossetian: байрай (bajraj) — greeting
• Ossetian: арфӕ (arfæ) — greeting
• Palauan: alii — greeting
• Pannonian Rusyn: здраво (zdravo) — greeting
• Pashto: سلام (salām) — greeting
• Pashto: سلام الېک (slāmālék) — greeting
• Pashto: السلام عليکم (as-salám alaykúm) — greeting
• Persian: سَلَام (salām) — greeting
• Persian: سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) — greeting
• Persian: دُرود (durōd) — greeting
• Persian: دَرُود (darūd) — greeting
• Dari: سَلَام (salām) — greeting
• Dari: سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) — greeting
• Dari: دُرُود (durūd) — greeting
• Dari: دَرُود (darūd) — greeting
• Iranian Persian: سَلام (salâm) — greeting
• Iranian Persian: سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm aleykom) — greeting
• Iranian Persian: دُرود (dorud) — greeting
• Picard: bojour — greeting
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: watawieh — greeting
• Polish: cześć — greeting
• Polish: witaj — greeting
• Polish: witajcie — greeting
• Polish: witam — greeting
• Polish: dzień dobry — greeting
• Polish: siema — greeting
• Polish: czołem — greeting
• Polish: halo — greeting
• Polish: serwus — greeting
• Polish: cześka — greeting
• Polish: siemanero — greeting
• Polish: hej — greeting
• Polish: cze — greeting
• Polish: elo — greeting
• Portuguese: oi — greeting
• Portuguese: olá — greeting
• Portuguese: e aí? — greeting
• Punjabi: ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ (sati śrī akāl) — greeting
• Rapa Nui: 'iorana — greeting
• Romani: te aves baxtalo — greeting
• Romani: te aves baxtali — greeting
• Romani: te aven baxtale — greeting
• Romanian: salut — greeting
• Romanian: bună — greeting
• Romanian: noroc — greeting
• Romanian: bună ziua — greeting
• Romanian: servus — greeting
• Russian: приве́т (privét) — greeting
• Russian: здоро́во (zdoróvo) — greeting
• Russian: здра́вствуйте (zdrávstvujte) — greeting
• Russian: до́брый день (dóbryj denʹ) — greeting
• Russian: здра́вствуй (zdrávstvuj) — greeting
• Russian: салю́т (saljút) — greeting
• Kinyarwanda: muraho — greeting
• Samburu: supa — greeting
• Samburu: entaa supa — greeting
• Samburu: eserian — greeting
• Samburu: oyie — greeting
• Samburu: kejua — greeting
• Inari-Sami: tiervâ — greeting
• Northern Sami: dearvva — greeting
• Northern Sami: būres — greeting
• Skolt-Sami: tiõrv — greeting
• Southern Sami: buaregh — greeting
• Samoan: talofa — greeting
• Sanskrit: नमस्कार (namaskāra) — greeting
• Sanskrit: नमस्ते (namaste) — greeting
• Sanskrit: नमो नमः (namo namaḥ) — greeting
• Santali: ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ (jôhar) — greeting
• Scots: hullo — greeting
• Scottish Gaelic: halò — greeting
• Scottish Gaelic: latha math — greeting
• Scottish Gaelic: hòigh — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: здра̏во — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: ћа̑о — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: ме̏рха̄ба — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: селам — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: бог — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: бок — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: zdrȁvo — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: ćȃo — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: mȅrhāba — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: selam — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: bog — greeting
• Serbo-Croatian: bok — greeting
• Sesotho: lumela — greeting
• Shan: မႂ်ႇသုင် (màue sǔng) — greeting
• Shawnee: hatito — greeting
• Shona: mhoro — greeting
• Sicilian: ciao — greeting
• Sicilian: salutamu — greeting
• Sicilian: s'abbinidica — greeting
• Sindhi: هيلو (helo) — greeting
• Sinhalese: හලෝ (halō) — greeting
• Sinhalese: ආයුබෝවන් (āyubōwan) — greeting
• Slovak: ahoj — greeting
• Slovak: nazdar — greeting
• Slovak: servus — greeting
• Slovak: dobrý deň — greeting
• Slovene: žívjo — greeting
• Slovene: zdrávo — greeting
• Slovene: dóber dán — greeting
• Slovene: pozdravljeni — greeting
• Somali: ma nabad baa — greeting
• Somali: waa nabad — greeting
• Lower Sorbian: dobry źeń — greeting
• Upper Sorbian: dobry dźeń — greeting
• Sotho: dumela — greeting
• Spanish: hola — greeting
• Spanish: holi — greeting
• Spanish: holis — greeting
• Sundanese: halo — greeting
• Sundanese: sampurasun — greeting
• Svan: ხოჩა ლადა̈ღ (xoča ladäɣ) — greeting
• Swahili: jambo — greeting
• Swahili: salaam — greeting
• Swedish: hallå — greeting
• Swedish: hej — greeting
• Swedish: god dag — greeting
• Swedish: tjena — greeting
• Swedish: hejsan — greeting
• Swedish: tja — greeting
• Tagalog: kamusta — greeting
• Tagalog: kumusta — greeting
• Tagalog: musta — greeting
• Tagalog: hoy — greeting
• Tagalog: huy — greeting
• Tagalog: oy — greeting
• Tagalog: oi — greeting
• Tagalog: uy — greeting
• Tagalog: ui — greeting
• Tajik: салом (salom) — greeting
• Tamil: வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam) — greeting
• Tangsa: äshazhoix — greeting
• Tatar: сәлам (sälam) — greeting
• Telugu: నమసకారం (namasakāraṁ) — greeting
• Telugu: బాగున్నారా (bāgunnārā) — greeting
• Tetum: elo — greeting
• Tetum: olá — greeting
• Thai: สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii) — greeting
• Thai: สวัสดีครับ (sà-wàt-dii) — greeting
• Thai: สวัสดีค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii) — greeting
• Thai: หวัดดี (wàt-dii) — greeting
• Northern Thai: สบายดีก่อ — greeting
• Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས (bkra shis bde legs) — greeting
• Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam) — greeting
• Tongan: mālō e lelei — greeting
• Tswana: dumela — greeting
• Tswana: dumelang — greeting
• Turkish: merhaba — greeting
• Turkish: selam — greeting
• Turkish: esenlikler — greeting
• Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا (merhaba) — greeting
• Ottoman Turkish: سلام (selam) — greeting
• Turkmen: salam — greeting
• Turkmen: gowmy? — greeting
• Turkmen: gowmyň — greeting
• Turkmen: gurgunmy — greeting
• Tuvan: экии (ekii) — greeting
• Udmurt: ӟечбур (dźećbur) — greeting
• Udmurt: ӟеч (dźeć) — greeting
• Udmurt: чырткем (ćyrtkem) — greeting
• Udmurt: умой (umoj) — greeting
• Ukrainian: приві́т (pryvít) — greeting
• Ukrainian: здоро́в був (zdoróv buv) — greeting
• Ukrainian: добри́день (dobrýdenʹ) — greeting
• Ukrainian: чоло́м (čolóm) — greeting
• Ukrainian: се́рвус (sérvus) — greeting
• Ukrainian: здра́стуйте (zdrástujte) — greeting
• Ukrainian: здра́стуй (zdrástuj) — greeting
• Ulithian: adiyoos — greeting
• Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum) — greeting
• Urdu: اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیکُم (as-salāmu 'alaikum) — greeting
• Urdu: آداب (ādāb) — greeting
• Uyghur: سالام (salam) — greeting
• Uzbek: salom — greeting
• Venetan: ciao — greeting
• Vietnamese: xin chào — greeting
• Vietnamese: chào — greeting
• Volapük: glidis — greeting
• Walloon: bondjoû — greeting
• Walloon: a — greeting
• Walloon: diewåde — greeting
• Welsh: helo — greeting
• Welsh: bore da — greeting
• Welsh: dydd da — greeting
• Welsh: hylo — greeting
• Winnebago: haho — greeting
• Winnebago: hą — greeting
• Winnebago: hinįkaraginʼ — greeting
• Xhosa: molo — greeting
• Xhosa: molweni — greeting
• Xibe: ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠᡴᡡ ᠨᠠ (baitakū na) — greeting
• Yakut: эҕэрдэ (eğerde) — greeting
• Yakut: дорообо (doroobo) — greeting
• Yiddish: שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleykhem) — greeting
• Yiddish: אַ גוטן (a gutn) — greeting
• Yiddish: גוט־מאָרגן (gut-morgn) — greeting
• Yoruba: ẹ pẹ̀lẹ́ — greeting
• Yoruba: pẹ̀lẹ́ — greeting
• Yup'ik: waqaa — greeting
• Yup'ik: cama-i — greeting
• Isthmus Zapotec: ola — greeting
• Zazaki: sılam — greeting
• Zazaki: namaste — greeting
• Zhuang: mwngz ndei — greeting
• Zulu: sawubona — greeting
• Zulu: sanibonani — greeting
• Afrikaans: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Albanian: alo — when answering the telephone
• Arabic: آلُو (ʔālū) — when answering the telephone
• Arabic: آلُوْ (ʔāluw) — when answering the telephone
• Arabic: أَلُو (ʔalū) — when answering the telephone
• Arabic: أَلُوْ (ʔaluw) — when answering the telephone
• Arabic: اَلُو (alū) — when answering the telephone
• Arabic: ألو (ʔalu) — when answering the telephone
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ (alū) — when answering the telephone
• Armenian: ալլո (allo) — when answering the telephone
• Assamese: হেল’ (helö) — when answering the telephone
• Azerbaijani: alo — when answering the telephone
• Bashkir: алло (allo) — when answering the telephone
• Belarusian: алё (aljó) — when answering the telephone
• Bengali: হ্যালো (hêlō) — when answering the telephone
• Bulgarian: а́ло (álo) — when answering the telephone
• Burmese: အမိန့်ရှိပါ (a.min.hri.pa) — when answering the telephone
• Catalan: digui — when answering the telephone
• Catalan: si — when answering the telephone
• Catalan: hola — when answering the telephone
• Catalan: mani'm — when answering the telephone
• Chinese Cantonese: 喂 — when answering the telephone
• Hakka Chinese: 摩西摩西 (mò-si-mo-sí) — when answering the telephone
• Hakka Chinese: 噯 /嗳 (ói) — when answering the telephone
• Chinese: 喂 (oeh) — when answering the telephone
• Chinese Mandarin: 喂 (wéi) — when answering the telephone
• Wu Chinese: 喂 (5ue) — when answering the telephone
• Czech: haló — when answering the telephone
• Danish: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Dutch: met — when answering the telephone
• Dutch: tot — when answering the telephone
• Dutch: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Esperanto: halo — when answering the telephone
• Estonian: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Estonian: halloo — when answering the telephone
• Finnish: haloo — when answering the telephone
• French: allô — when answering the telephone
• West-Frisian: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Galician: diga — when answering the telephone
• Georgian: ალო (alo) — when answering the telephone
• Georgian: გისმენთ (gisment) — when answering the telephone
• German: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Greek: εμπρός (emprós) — when answering the telephone
• Greek: παρακαλώ (parakaló) — when answering the telephone
• Greek: ναι — when answering the telephone
• Hawaiian: ō — when answering the telephone
• Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם? (shalóm?) — when answering the telephone
• Hebrew: הָלוֹ? (haló?) — when answering the telephone
• Hindi: हलो (halo) — when answering the telephone
• Hindi: हैलो (hailo) — when answering the telephone
• Hindi: हेलो (helo) — when answering the telephone
• Hungarian: halló — when answering the telephone
• Icelandic: halló — when answering the telephone
• Icelandic: hæ — when answering the telephone
• Icelandic: hæ hæ — when answering the telephone
• Icelandic: góðan dag — when answering the telephone
• Icelandic: góðan daginn — when answering the telephone
• Indonesian: halo — when answering the telephone
• Interlingua: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Irish: haileo — when answering the telephone
• Italian: pronto — when answering the telephone
• Jamaican Creole: ello — when answering the telephone
• Japanese: もしもし (moshimoshi) — when answering the telephone
• Kazakh: алло (allo) — when answering the telephone
• Kazakh: бар ма (bar ma) — when answering the telephone
• Khmer: អាឡូ (ʼaalou) — when answering the telephone
• Khmer: អល្លោ (ʼallou) — when answering the telephone
• Korean: 여보세요 (yeoboseyo) — when answering the telephone
• Northern Kurdish: elo — when answering the telephone
• Northern Kurdish: helo — when answering the telephone
• Kyrgyz: алло (allo) — when answering the telephone
• Lao: ອາໂຫຼ (ʼā lō) — when answering the telephone
• Lao: ອາໂຫລ (ʼā lō) — when answering the telephone
• Latvian: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Lithuanian: alio — when answering the telephone
• Lithuanian: klausau — when answering the telephone
• Macedonian: ало (alo) — when answering the telephone
• Malagasy: alô — when answering the telephone
• Malay: helo — when answering the telephone
• Maltese: ħellow — when answering the telephone
• Marathi: हॅलो (hĕlo) — when answering the telephone
• Eastern Mari: алло (allo) — when answering the telephone
• Khiamniungan Naga: hǖhêi — when answering the telephone
• Nepali: हेलो (helo) — when answering the telephone
• Nepali: हलो (halo) — when answering the telephone
• Norwegian Bokmål: hallo — when answering the telephone
• Odia: ହ୍ୟାଲୋ (hyālo) — when answering the telephone
• Dari: هَلو (halō) — when answering the telephone
• Iranian Persian: اَلو (alo) — when answering the telephone
• Polish: halo — when answering the telephone
• Polish: słucham — when answering the telephone
• Portuguese: alô — when answering the telephone
• Portuguese: estou — when answering the telephone
• Romani: àlo — when answering the telephone
• Romanian: alo — when answering the telephone
• Romanian: haló — when answering the telephone
• Russian: алло́ (alló) — when answering the telephone
• Russian: алё (aljó) — when answering the telephone
• Russian: слу́шаю (slúšaju) — when answering the telephone
• Scottish Gaelic: halò — when answering the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: ха̀ло — when answering the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: молим — when answering the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: изволите — when answering the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: hàlo — when answering the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: molim — when answering the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: izvolite — when answering the telephone
• Sicilian: prontu — when answering the telephone
• Sicilian: cu' è? — when answering the telephone
• Slovak: haló — when answering the telephone
• Slovak: prosím — when answering the telephone
• Slovene: haló? — when answering the telephone
• Slovene: prosim — when answering the telephone
• Spanish: aló — when answering the telephone
• Spanish: bueno — when answering the telephone
• Spanish: diga — when answering the telephone
• Spanish: dígame — when answering the telephone
• Spanish: hola — when answering the telephone
• Spanish: oigo — when answering the telephone
• Spanish: ¿sí? — when answering the telephone
• Swedish: hallå — when answering the telephone
• Swedish: hej — when answering the telephone
• Swedish: god dag — when answering the telephone
• Tagalog: helo? — when answering the telephone
• Tagalog: magandang araw po! — when answering the telephone
• Tajik: алло (allo) — when answering the telephone
• Tajik: ҳа (ha) — when answering the telephone
• Tajik: лаббай (labbay) — when answering the telephone
• Thai: สวัสดีครับ (sà-wàt-dii) — when answering the telephone
• Thai: สวัสดีค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii) — when answering the telephone
• Thai: ฮัลโหล (han-lǒo) — when answering the telephone
• Thai: แฮลโล — when answering the telephone
• Tongan: mālō e lelei — when answering the telephone
• Turkish: alo — when answering the telephone
• Turkish: efendim — when answering the telephone
• Turkmen: allo — when answering the telephone
• Ukrainian: алло́ (alló) — when answering the telephone
• Ukrainian: слу́хаю (slúxaju) — when answering the telephone
• Urdu: ہَیلو (hailo) — when answering the telephone
• Urdu: ہیلو (helo) — when answering the telephone
• Urdu: ہَلو (halo) — when answering the telephone
• Uyghur: ياخشىمۇسىز (yaxshimusiz) — when answering the telephone
• Uyghur: ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم (essalamu eleykum) — when answering the telephone
• Uzbek: allo — when answering the telephone
• Vietnamese: a-lô — when answering the telephone
• Welsh: helo — when answering the telephone
• Zazaki: elo — when answering the telephone
• Afrikaans: Is daar iemand? — is anyone there?
• Arabic: هَل مِن أَحَدٍ هُنَا؟ (hal min ʔaḥadin hunā?) — is anyone there?
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ؟ ܚܲܕ݇ ܝܠܹܗ ܬܵܡܵܐ؟ (alū? ḥa ìlēh tāmā?) — is anyone there?
• Armenian: աու (au) — is anyone there?
• Assamese: কোনোবা আছেনে? (künüba asene?) — is anyone there?
• Assamese: হেল’ (helö) — is anyone there?
• Azerbaijani: kimsə var? — is anyone there?
• Belarusian: гэй (hej) — is anyone there?
• Bengali: ওহে (ōhe) — is anyone there?
• Bulgarian: ехо? (eho?) — is anyone there?
• Catalan: hola? — is anyone there?
• Catalan: na maria? — is anyone there?
• Chinese Cantonese: 喂 (wai3) — is anyone there?
• Chinese: 有儂無? /有侬无? (ū lâng bô) — is anyone there?
• Chinese Mandarin: 有人嗎? /有人吗? (yǒu rén ma?) — is anyone there?
• Czech: haló — is anyone there?
• Danish: hallo — is anyone there?
• Dutch: hallo? — is anyone there?
• Esperanto: hola — is anyone there?
• Estonian: halloo? — is anyone there?
• Finnish: huhuu? — is anyone there?
• Finnish: haloo? — is anyone there?
• French: eh oh — is anyone there?
• French: oh eh — is anyone there?
• French: allô — is anyone there?
• French: ohé ! — is anyone there?
• German: hallo? — is anyone there?
• German: jemand da? — is anyone there?
• Hebrew: שלום? מישהו שם? (shalóm?, mísheu shám?) — is anyone there?
• Hungarian: hahó — is anyone there?
• Icelandic: halló? — is anyone there?
• Interlingua: hallo? — is anyone there?
• Italian: c'è nessuno? — is anyone there?
• Italian: c'è qualcuno? — is anyone there?
• Japanese: おーい (ōi) — is anyone there?
• Japanese: すみませーん (sumimasēn) — is anyone there?
• Japanese: ちょっと (chotto) — is anyone there?
• Japanese: もしもし (moshimoshi) — is anyone there?
• Korean: 계세요? (gyeseyo?) — is anyone there?
• Lithuanian: sveiki — is anyone there?
• Macedonian: ало́ (aló) — is anyone there?
• Malay: helo — is anyone there?
• Maltese: hawn xi ħadd? — is anyone there?
• Nepali: को छ त्यहाँ (ko cha tyahā̃) — is anyone there?
• Nepali: को हो त्यहाँ? (ko ho tyahā̃?) — is anyone there?
• Norwegian Bokmål: hallo? — is anyone there?
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hallo? — is anyone there?
• Odia: ନମସ୍କାର (namaskāra) — is anyone there?
• Polish: halo? — is anyone there?
• Polish: jest tu kto? — is anyone there?
• Portuguese: olá? — is anyone there?
• Romanian: alo? — is anyone there?
• Romanian: haló? — is anyone there?
• Russian: ау́ (aú) — is anyone there?
• Russian: е́сть кто́-нибудь? (jéstʹ któ-nibudʹ?) — is anyone there?
• Serbo-Croatian: ха̀ло — is anyone there?
• Serbo-Croatian: hàlo — is anyone there?
• Slovak: haló — is anyone there?
• Slovene: haló? — is anyone there?
• Spanish: ¿aló? — is anyone there?
• Spanish: ¡Hola! ¿Hay alguien? — is anyone there?
• Swedish: hallå — is anyone there?
• Tagalog: tao po?! — is anyone there?
• Tagalog: sino po nandyan? — is anyone there?
• Tatar: әй (äy) — is anyone there?
• Tatar: кем булса да бармы? (kem bulsa da barmı?) — is anyone there?
• Telugu: ఎవరైనా ఉంది (evarainā undi) — is anyone there?
• Thai: มีใครอยู่ไหม? (mii krai yùu mǎi?) — is anyone there?
• Turkish: orda kimse var mı? — is anyone there?
• Turkish: kimse yok mu? — is anyone there?
• Ukrainian: аго́в (ahóv) — is anyone there?
• Urdu: کوئی ہے؟ (ko͞i hai?) — is anyone there?
• Vietnamese: ơi — is anyone there?
• Welsh: helo? — is anyone there?
• Zazaki: hımın — is anyone there?
• Zazaki: kam esto — is anyone there?
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ (alū) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Bulgarian: ало (alo) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Chinese Mandarin: 喂 (wèi) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Danish: hallo! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Danish: hey! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Dutch: ja — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Dutch: hallo! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Estonian: halloo! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Estonian: tere hommikust! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Estonian: tere tali! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Finnish: haloo! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• French: ho — sarcastic: that was foolish
• German: hallo! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• German: halloho! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Hebrew: הלו (hálo) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Hungarian: jól vagy? — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Hungarian: magadnál vagy? — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Hungarian: észnél vagy? — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Hungarian: eszednél vagy? — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Hungarian: normális vagy? — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Icelandic: halló! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Italian: ciao — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Japanese: やれやれ (yareyare) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Japanese: やれやれだぜ (yareyare daze) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Japanese: 大丈夫? (daijōbu?) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Japanese: 大丈夫かよ (daijōbu kayo?) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Japanese: マジ? (maji?) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Japanese: マジかよ? — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Macedonian: алооо? (alooo?) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Norwegian Bokmål: hallo — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hallo — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Portuguese: acorda — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Portuguese: alô — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Romanian: aloo — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Russian: здра́сте (zdráste) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Russian: здра́сте Но́вый Го́д (zdráste Nóvyj Gód) — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Slovene: haló! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Swedish: men hallå — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Swedish: hallå där — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Tagalog: hoy! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Tagalog: huy! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Tagalog: oy! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Tagalog: oi! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Tagalog: uy! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Tagalog: ui! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Vietnamese: này! — sarcastic: that was foolish
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܘܼ (alū) — expression of puzzlement
• Belarusian: але́ (aljé) — expression of puzzlement
• Bulgarian: моля (molja) — expression of puzzlement
• Catalan: conill! — expression of puzzlement
• Danish: hallo? — expression of puzzlement
• Dutch: hallo! — expression of puzzlement
• Finnish: oho — expression of puzzlement
• French: ouah — expression of puzzlement
• West-Frisian: hallo! — expression of puzzlement
• German: hallo — expression of puzzlement
• Hebrew: הלו (hálo) — expression of puzzlement
• Icelandic: halló — expression of puzzlement
• Japanese: 本当? (hontō) — expression of puzzlement
• Japanese: 冗談だろ? (jōdan daro) — expression of puzzlement
• Japanese: 大丈夫? (daijōbu?) — expression of puzzlement
• Japanese: 大丈夫かよ? (daijōbu kayo?) — expression of puzzlement
• Japanese: マジ? (maji?) — expression of puzzlement
• Japanese: マジかよ — expression of puzzlement
• Norwegian Bokmål: hei — expression of puzzlement
• Portuguese: o que — expression of puzzlement
• Portuguese: oi? — expression of puzzlement
• Romanian: ia uite — expression of puzzlement
• Slovene: hêj! — expression of puzzlement
• Swedish: men hallå — expression of puzzlement
• Tagalog: uy?! — expression of puzzlement
• Tagalog: ui?! — expression of puzzlement
• Tagalog: huy?! — expression of puzzlement
• Tagalog: oy?! — expression of puzzlement
• Tagalog: oi?! — expression of puzzlement
• Tagalog: hoy?! — expression of puzzlement
• Vietnamese: ôi trời! — expression of puzzlement
• Zazaki: merhebaa — expression of puzzlement
• Zazaki: way (diq) — expression of puzzlement