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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊ/
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• Northumbria: /ˈhɒlə/
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• Scotland: /ˈhɔlo/
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• Wales: /ˈhɒlou/ without the toe–tow merger
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• General-American: /ˈhɑloʊ/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Appalachia, Southern-US: /ˈhɑlɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɒləʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English holowe, holwe, holuȝ, holgh, from the noun (see above).

Compare holler.

From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulhwą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱólḱwos. Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Related to hole.

278 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَجْوَف (ʔajwaf) — having an empty space inside
• Bashkir: ҡыуыш (qıwış) — having an empty space inside
• Bashkir: эсе буш (ese buş) — having an empty space inside
• Belarusian: по́лы (póly) — having an empty space inside
• Belarusian: пусты́ (pustý) — having an empty space inside
• Bulgarian: кух (kuh) — having an empty space inside
• Catalan: buit — having an empty space inside
• Catalan: balmat — having an empty space inside
• Chinese Mandarin: 空心 (kōngxīn) — having an empty space inside
• Chinese Mandarin: 中空 (zhōngkōng) — having an empty space inside
• Chinese Mandarin: 空 (kōng) — having an empty space inside
• Cornish: kow — having an empty space inside
• Czech: dutý — having an empty space inside
• Danish: hul — having an empty space inside
• Dutch: hol — having an empty space inside
• Esperanto: kava — having an empty space inside
• Estonian: õõnes — having an empty space inside
• Finnish: ontto — having an empty space inside
• French: vide — having an empty space inside
• French: creux — having an empty space inside
• Galician: foco — having an empty space inside
• Galician: oco — having an empty space inside
• Galician: van — having an empty space inside
• Galician: buxán — having an empty space inside
• Georgian: ცარიელი (carieli) — having an empty space inside
• German: hohl — having an empty space inside
• Greek: κούφιος (koúfios) — having an empty space inside
• Greek: κοίλος (koílos) — having an empty space inside
• Ancient Greek: κοῖλος (koîlos) — having an empty space inside
• Haitian Creole: kre — having an empty space inside
• Hebrew: חָלוּל (khalúl) — having an empty space inside
• Hebrew: רֵיק (reyk) — having an empty space inside
• Hindi: खोखला (khokhlā) — having an empty space inside
• Italian: cavo — having an empty space inside
• Japanese: 空っぽ (karappo) — having an empty space inside
• Japanese: くぼんだ (kubonda) — having an empty space inside
• Japanese: 中空の (chūkū no) — having an empty space inside
• Japanese: 虚ろの (utsuro no) — having an empty space inside
• Japanese: 空洞の (kūdō no) — having an empty space inside
• Central Kurdish: بۆش (boş) — having an empty space inside
• Central Kurdish: ھڵۆڵ (hilloll) — having an empty space inside
• Latgalian: tukšs — having an empty space inside
• Latgalian: dīks — having an empty space inside
• Latin: cassus — having an empty space inside
• Latin: cavus — having an empty space inside
• Latin: inanis — having an empty space inside
• Latin: vacuus — having an empty space inside
• Latvian: tukšs — having an empty space inside
• Lithuanian: tuščias — having an empty space inside
• Lithuanian: tuščiaviduris — having an empty space inside
• Luxembourgish: huel — having an empty space inside
• Macedonian: шуплив (šupliv) — having an empty space inside
• Malayalam: പൊള്ള (poḷḷa) — having an empty space inside
• Malayalam: പൊള്ളയായ (poḷḷayāya) — having an empty space inside
• Māori: kaiwaka — having an empty space inside
• Mapudungun: trotrol — having an empty space inside
• Marathi: पोकळ (pokaḷ) — having an empty space inside
• Norwegian Bokmål: hul — having an empty space inside
• Norwegian Bokmål: hol — having an empty space inside
• Norwegian Bokmål: innhul — having an empty space inside
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hol — having an empty space inside
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innhol — having an empty space inside
• Persian: کاواک (kâvâk) — having an empty space inside
• Persian: پوک (puk) — having an empty space inside
• Persian: توخالی (tuxâli) — having an empty space inside
• Persian: کرو (karv) — having an empty space inside
• Persian: ونگ (vang, veng) — having an empty space inside
• Polish: pusty — having an empty space inside
• Portuguese: vazio — having an empty space inside
• Portuguese: oco — having an empty space inside
• Punjabi: ਖੋਖਲਾ (khokhlā) — having an empty space inside
• Punjabi: ਥੋਥਾ (thothā) — having an empty space inside
• Romanian: gol — having an empty space inside
• Romanian: găunos — having an empty space inside
• Russian: по́лый (pólyj) — having an empty space inside
• Russian: пусто́й (pustój) — having an empty space inside
• Russian: поро́жний (poróžnij) — having an empty space inside
• Sanskrit: रिक्त (rikta) — having an empty space inside
• Sanskrit: शून्य (śūnya) — having an empty space inside
• Sanskrit: शून्यमध्य (śūnyamadhya) — having an empty space inside
• Sanskrit: सुषिर (suṣira) — having an empty space inside
• Scottish Gaelic: falamh — having an empty space inside
• Spanish: hueco — having an empty space inside
• Spanish: ahuecado — having an empty space inside
• Spanish: hundido — having an empty space inside
• Spanish: orondo — having an empty space inside
• Spanish: vano — having an empty space inside
• Swedish: ihålig — having an empty space inside
• Tagalog: bamban — having an empty space inside
• Telugu: బోలు (bōlu) — having an empty space inside
• Telugu: డొల్ల (ḍolla) — having an empty space inside
• Thai: กลวง (gluuang) — having an empty space inside
• Tocharian B: tronktse — having an empty space inside
• Turkish: oyuk — having an empty space inside
• Turkish: delikli — having an empty space inside
• Turkish: oyuklu — having an empty space inside
• Ukrainian: поро́жній (poróžnij) — having an empty space inside
• Ukrainian: пусти́й (pustýj) — having an empty space inside
• Ukrainian: пустопорожній (pustoporožnij) — having an empty space inside
• Urdu: کھوکھلا (khokhlā) — having an empty space inside
• Vietnamese: rỗng — having an empty space inside
• Volapük: kevöfik — having an empty space inside
• Welsh: cau — having an empty space inside
• Yiddish: הויל (hoyl) — having an empty space inside
• Yiddish: פּוסט (pust) — having an empty space inside
• Yiddish: ליידיק (leydik) — having an empty space inside
• Danish: dyb — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Finnish: ontto — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Greek: υπόκωφος (ypókofos) — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Japanese: こもった (komotta) — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Norwegian Bokmål: dyp — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Norwegian Bokmål: hul — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Norwegian Nynorsk: djup — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hol — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Polish: głuchy — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Russian: глухо́й (gluxój) — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Scottish Gaelic: falamh — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Spanish: resonante — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Spanish: sordo — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Ukrainian: лунки́й (lunkýj) — echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space
• Bulgarian: празен (prazen) — without substance
• Bulgarian: безсъдържателен (bezsǎdǎržatelen) — without substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 空虛 /空虚 (kōngxū) — without substance
• Czech: bezobsažný — without substance
• Czech: nesmyslný — without substance
• Czech: prázdný — without substance
• Danish: hul — without substance
• Dutch: leeg — without substance
• Finnish: ontto — without substance
• French: insignifiant — without substance
• French: creux — without substance
• Galician: van — without substance
• Greek: κούφιος (koúfios) — without substance
• Italian: vacuo — without substance
• Japanese: 空虚な (kūkyo na) — without substance
• Japanese: 不誠実な (fuseijitsu na) — without substance
• Malayalam: പൊള്ളയായ (poḷḷayāya) — without substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: hul — without substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hol — without substance
• Polish: pusty — without substance
• Portuguese: vão — without substance
• Russian: пусто́й (pustój) — without substance
• Russian: бессодержа́тельный (bessoderžátelʹnyj) — without substance
• Scottish Gaelic: falamh — without substance
• Spanish: hueco — without substance
• Spanish: falso — without substance
• Swedish: tom — without substance
• Telugu: శుష్క (śuṣka) — without substance
• Telugu: డొల్ల (ḍolla) — without substance
• Turkish: boş — without substance
• Ukrainian: пустий (pustyj) — without substance
• Ukrainian: пустопорожній (pustoporožnij) — without substance
• Ukrainian: беззмістовний (bezzmistovnyj) — without substance
• Ukrainian: празний (praznyj) — without substance
• Yiddish: פּוסט (pust) — without substance
• Albanian: sqetull — small valley
• Bulgarian: падина (padina) — small valley
• Danish: gryden — small valley
• Finnish: notko — small valley
• French: creux — small valley
• French: cuvette — small valley
• Galician: caivanca — small valley
• Galician: valigoto — small valley
• German: Mulde — small valley
• German: Senke — small valley
• German: kleines Tal — small valley
• Greek: λαγκάδα (lagkáda) — small valley
• Greek: λαγκαδιά (lagkadiá) — small valley
• Greek: λαγκάδι (lagkádi) — small valley
• Ancient Greek: λάκκος (lákkos) — small valley
• Old Norse: dalr — small valley
• Swedish: ravin — small valley
• Swedish: dalsänka — small valley
• Swedish: sänka — small valley
• Swedish: grop — small valley
• Turkish: çukur — small valley
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقور (çukur) — small valley
• Welsh: pant — small valley
• Southern Altai: ойык (oyïk) — sunken area
• Bulgarian: вдлъбнатина (vdlǎbnatina) — sunken area
• Chinese Mandarin: 窪地 /洼地 (wādì) — sunken area
• Czech: dutina — sunken area
• Czech: prohlubeň — sunken area
• Dutch: laagte — sunken area
• Finnish: onkalo — sunken area
• Finnish: kuoppa — sunken area
• Finnish: loukko — sunken area
• Galician: caivanca — sunken area
• Galician: fondal — sunken area
• Georgian: ღრუ (ɣru) — sunken area
• German: Höhle — sunken area
• German: Mulde — sunken area
• German: Kuhle — sunken area
• German: Vertiefung — sunken area
• Greek: βαθούλωμα (vathoúloma) — sunken area
• Greek: κουφάλα (koufála) — sunken area
• Greek: κοιλότητα (koilótita) — sunken area
• Hindi: गड्ढा (gaḍḍhā) — sunken area
• Irish: easca — sunken area
• Italian: cavità — sunken area
• Japanese: 窪地 (kubo-chi) — sunken area
• Kumyk: оюкъ (oyuq) — sunken area
• Kyrgyz: оюк (oyuk) — sunken area
• Latvian: dobums — sunken area
• Lithuanian: įduba — sunken area
• Lithuanian: duobė — sunken area
• Lithuanian: dauba — sunken area
• Māori: pārō — sunken area
• Māori: whārua — sunken area
• Māori: whāwhārua — sunken area
• Māori: pokorua — sunken area
• Norwegian Bokmål: hull — sunken area
• Norwegian Bokmål: grop — sunken area
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hòl — sunken area
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grop — sunken area
• Persian: گود (gowd) — sunken area
• Plautdietsch: Hollinj — sunken area
• Polish: nizina — sunken area
• Polish: niecka — sunken area
• Portuguese: depressão — sunken area
• Portuguese: caivanca — sunken area
• Romanian: scorbură — sunken area
• Romanian: scobitură — sunken area
• Romanian: adâncitură — sunken area
• Russian: впа́дина (vpádina) — sunken area
• Russian: углубле́ние (uglublénije) — sunken area
• Russian: вы́емка (výjemka) — sunken area
• Russian: я́ма (jáma) — sunken area
• Russian: вы́боина (výboina) — sunken area
• Russian: низи́на (nizína) — sunken area
• Scottish Gaelic: sloc — sunken area
• Spanish: depresión — sunken area
• Spanish: hondonada — sunken area
• Spanish: copa — sunken area
• Spanish: casco — sunken area
• Swedish: grop — sunken area
• Swedish: hål — sunken area
• Turkish: çukur — sunken area
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقور (çukur) — sunken area
• Welsh: pant — sunken area
• Bashkir: ҡыуыш (qıwış) — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Bulgarian: коруба (koruba) — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Finnish: ontelo — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• French: creux — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• German: Loch — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Hindi: छेद (ched) — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Hungarian: odú — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Irish: cuas — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Irish: cuasán — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Latvian: dobums — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Nanai: онголо (oŋolo) — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Plautdietsch: Hollinj — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Portuguese: oco — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Russian: дупло́ (dupló) — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Russian: по́лость (pólostʹ) — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Russian: каве́рна (kavérna) — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Spanish: hueco — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Turkish: oyuk — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Turkish: kovuk — unfilled space in something solid; a cavity — see also cavity, hole
• Afar: hollow — feeling of emptiness
• Czech: prázdnota — feeling of emptiness
• Finnish: onkalo — feeling of emptiness
• Greek: κενό (kenó) — feeling of emptiness
• Hindi: खालीपन (khālīpan) — feeling of emptiness
• Hindi: शून्यता (śūnyatā) — feeling of emptiness
• Japanese: むなしい (munasī) — feeling of emptiness
• Japanese: 虚脱感 (kyodatsukan) — feeling of emptiness
• Polish: pustka — feeling of emptiness
• Portuguese: vazio — feeling of emptiness
• Romanian: gol — feeling of emptiness
• Russian: пустота́ (pustotá) — feeling of emptiness
• Spanish: hueco — feeling of emptiness
• Spanish: vacío — feeling of emptiness
• Swedish: saknad — feeling of emptiness
• Swedish: tomhet — feeling of emptiness
• Turkish: boşluk — feeling of emptiness
• Ukrainian: пу́стка (pústka) — feeling of emptiness
• Ukrainian: пустота́ (pustotá) — feeling of emptiness