Do you want to pop your head in and say hallo to my girlfriend?
Hello is also a noun.
The salesperson greeted me with a warm hello.
2. convention
You say 'Hello' to someone at the beginning of a phone conversation, either when you answer the phone or before you give your name or say why you are phoning.
[formulae]
A moment later, Cohen picked up the phone. 'Hello?'
Hallo, may I speak to Frank, please.
3. convention
You can call 'hello' to attract someone's attention.
She could see the open door of a departmental office. 'Hello! Excuse me. This isthe department of French, isn't it?'.
Very softly, she called out: 'Hallo? Who's there?'
More Synonyms of hello
hello in British English
or hallo or hullo (hɛˈləʊ, hə-, ˈhɛləʊ)
sentence substitute
1.
an expression of greeting used on meeting a person or at the start of a telephone call
2.
a call used to attract attention
3.
an expression of surprise
4.
an expression used to indicate that the speaker thinks his or her listener is naive or slow to realize something
Hello? Have you been on Mars for the past two weeks or something?
nounWord forms: plural-los
5.
the act of saying or calling "hello"
Word origin
C19: see hallo
hello in American English
(hɛˈloʊ; ˈhɛlˌoʊ)
interjection
1.
used as a greeting or response, as in telephoning
2.
used to attract attention
3.
used to express astonishment or surprise
hello! what's this in my soup?
nounWord forms: pluralhelˈlos
4.
an instance of saying or exclaiming “hello”
verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: helˈloed or helˈloing
5.
to say or exclaim “hello” (to)
Word origin
var. of hollo
Examples of 'hello' in a sentence
hello
If we were about he would say hello too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He met a Norwegian minister last week just for a quick hello.
The Sun (2016)
Still, it was a good chance to say hello.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you're single your new love first says hello in a health food restaurant.
The Sun (2016)
A new love first says hello where forms are filled in.
The Sun (2016)
I saw her in the street once and put my hand up to say hello and she went to wave back.
The Sun (2016)
People on telly are always weird about that, but how hard is it to just say hello to people and be polite?
The Sun (2017)
If you're single, your new love says hello where many people sing.
The Sun (2016)
That was a big hello for me.
The Sun (2013)
Your dream lover says hello in a book store.
The Sun (2010)
Can you contact them and say a quick hello and invite them to your next meeting?
Christianity Today (2000)
You go on board and say hello.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Not once in this very small restaurant did he offer a single hello or goodbye.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She invited us over to say hello.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Give him a hug to say hello and goodbye.
The Sun (2013)
Big crowded dinner parties where you only get to say hello and goodbye to people are not for me.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She gives us a big hello and sends us to the back of the room to await our induction chat.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is saying goodbye without knowing when you'll say hello again.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then say hello to your big, bouncy barnet!
The Sun (2014)
Ten years on, hello again.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And I was excited to be able to come and say hello again.
The Sun (2010)
A year to the day after she said goodbye to him, she was saying hello again somewhere.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
His mother stumbles towards us, lit cigarette in hand, and gives a throaty hello.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
If open-ended calls fill you with dread say you're just calling to say a quick hello.
The Sun (2016)
In other languages
hello
British English: hello! /hʌˈləʊ/ INTERJECTION
You say `hello!' to someone when you meet them.
American English: hello!
Arabic: مَرْحَبَاً
Brazilian Portuguese: olá!
Chinese: 您好！
Croatian: bok!
Czech: ahoj!
Danish: goddag
Dutch: hallo!
European Spanish: ¡hola!
Finnish: hei!
French: bonjour !
German: Hallo!
Greek: γεια!
Italian: ciao!
Japanese: こんにちは！
Korean: 안녕!
Norwegian: hallo!
Polish: cześć!
European Portuguese: olá!
Romanian: salut!
Russian: привет!
Latin American Spanish: ¡hola!
Swedish: hej!
Thai: สวัสดี
Turkish: merhaba!
Ukrainian: вітаю!
Vietnamese: xin chào!
Chinese translation of 'hello'
hello
(həˈləu)
int
(as greeting) 你好 (nǐ hǎo)
(Tel) 喂 (wèi)
(to attract attention) 劳(勞)驾(駕) (láojià)
(expressing surprise) 嘿 (hēi)
(exclamation)
Definition
an expression of greeting or surprise
Hello. I won't shake hands because they're filthy.
Synonyms
hi (informal)
greetings
how do you do?
good morning
good evening
good afternoon
welcome
kia ora (New Zealand)
a postcard bearing the caption `Kia-Ora: Greetings from Māoriland'