hall

See also: háll, håll, Hall, häll, and Häll

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English halle, from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house; palace, temple; law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”).

Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”). Doublet of cell and cella.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɔːl/
  • (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /haːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /hɑl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophone: haul

Noun

hall (plural halls)

1. A corridor; a hallway.

   The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

2. A large meeting room.

   The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

3. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

   The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.

   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendome, Kate of Kate-hall.

4. A building providing student accommodation at a university.

   The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.

5. The principal room of a secular medieval building.
6. (obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
   • 1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Then cry, a hall, a hall! Come, father Rosin, with your fiddle now.

7. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.

   a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall

8. (India) A living room.
9. (Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
10. (Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.

Derived terms

• ancestral hall
• assembly hall
• audience hall
• bachelor's hall
• barangay hall
• beer hall
• BHK
• booking hall
• chow hall
• cinema hall
• city hall
• cloth hall
• concert hall
• dancehall
• dance hall
• dance-hall
• dining-hall
• dining hall
• drill hall
• exhibition hall
• fire hall
• firehall
• food hall
• Forest Hall
• formal hall
• gift hall
• great hall
• guildhall
• guild-hall
• hallage
• hallcest
• hall church
• hallful
• Hall Green
• hall house
• hallite
• Hall i' th' Wood
• hall-mark
• hallmark
• hallmate
• hall monitor
• hallmote
• hall of fame
• hall-of-famer
• hall of mirrors
• hall of residence
• hall of shame
• hall pass
• hallpass
• hall porter
• hallstand
• hall test
• hall tree
• hallway
• Hams Hall
• hiring hall
• interhall
• juvenile hall
• Lea Hall
• lecture hall
• linen hall
• Lostock Hall
• mead hall
• Meadowhall
• mess hall
• Midge Hall
• moot hall
• moot-hall
• music hall
• Newton Hall
• Northop Hall
• ordination hall
• Park Hall
• permanent private hall
• pool hall
• rec hall
• recreation hall
• residence hall
• riding hall
• ring-hall
• Scale Hall
• slaughterhall
• sports hall
• stair hall
• study hall
• ticket hall
• town hall
• village hall
• Whitehall
• White Hall
• woolhall

Descendants

• → Greek: χολ (chol), χωλ (chol), χωλλ (choll)
• → French: hall
• → Japanese: ホール (hōru)
• → Korean: 홀 (hol)
• → Russian: холл (xoll)

Translations

corridor or a hallway

Armenian: միջանցք (hy) (miǰancʻkʻ) Belarusian: пярэ́дні пако́й m (pjarédni pakój) Bulgarian: вестибю́л (bg) m (vestibjúl) Catalan: corredor (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 走廊 (zh) (zǒuláng) Czech: chodba (cs) f, ulička (cs) f Dutch: hal (nl) m, gang (nl) m Finnish: käytävä (fi), eteinen (fi) French: couloir (fr) m, corridor (fr) m Galician: corredor (gl) German: Flur (de) m, Korridor (de) m, Diele (de) f Greek: χολ (el) n (chol), διάδρομος (el) (diádromos) (formally) Hebrew: מִסְדְּרוֹן (he) m (misdrón), פְּרוֹזְדוֹר (he) m (prozdór) Irish: halla m Italian: corridoio (it) m Japanese: 玄関 (ja) (げんかん, genkan), 廊下 (ja) (ろうか, rōka) Korean: 회관(會館) (ko) (hoegwan) Latin: auditorium Oromo: galma Ottoman Turkish: دهلیز (dehliz, dihliz) Persian: Iranian Persian: هال (fa) (hâl), تالار (fa) (tâlâr) Polish: hol (pl) m, przedpokój (pl) m, sala (pl) f Portuguese: corredor (pt) m Romanian: coridor (ro) n, hol (ro) n Russian: коридо́р (ru) m (koridór), приёмная (ru) f (prijómnaja), вестибю́ль (ru) m (vestibjúlʹ), фойе́ (ru) n (fojjé), холл (ru) m (xoll) Slovak: chodba (sk) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wjaža f Spanish: pasillo (es) m, hall m (hol), jol (es) m (Spain), antesala (es) f, zaguán (es) m Tamil: நடைபாதை (ta) (naṭaipātai) Turkish: koridor (tr), hol (tr), dalan (tr) Ukrainian: передпо́кій (uk) m (peredpókij), хол m (xol), фойє́ n (fojjé), прийма́льня (uk) f (pryjmálʹnja) Walloon: poice (wa) m, colidôr (wa) m

large meeting room

Albanian: sallë (sq) f Arabic: قَاعَة f (qāʕa), صَالَة f (ṣāla) Armenian: սրահ (hy) (srah), դահլիճ (hy) (dahlič) Azerbaijani: zal (az) Belarusian: за́ла f (zála) Bulgarian: за́ла (bg) f (zála), ау́ла (bg) f (aúla) Chinese: Mandarin: 大廳 / 大厅 (zh) (dàtīng), 廳堂 / 厅堂 (zh) (tīngtáng), 會堂 / 会堂 (zh) (huìtáng) Danish: sal (da) c Dutch: zaal (nl) m Esperanto: halo (eo) sg Estonian: aula, saal (et) Finnish: sali (fi) French: salle (fr) f, salon (fr) m, hall (fr) m Galician: salón (gl) Georgian: დარბაზი (ka) (darbazi), ზალა (ka) (zala) German: Halle (de) f, Saal (de) m, Aula (de) m Greek: αίθουσα (el) f (aíthousa) Hebrew: אוּלָם (he) m (ulám) Hungarian: terem (hu) Icelandic: salur (is) m Indonesian: aula (id) Irish: halla m Italian: sala (it) f Japanese: ホール (ja) m (hōru) Kazakh: зал (zal) Korean: 홀 (ko) (hol) Kyrgyz: зал (ky) (zal) Norwegian: Bokmål: sal (no) m Persian: Iranian Persian: سالُن (sâlon), تالار (fa) (tâlâr) Plautdietsch: Haul f Polish: sala (pl) f Portuguese: salão (pt) m Romanian: sală (ro) f Russian: зал (ru) m (zal), за́ла (ru) f (zála) (dated) Southern Altai: зал (zal) Spanish: salón (es) m, vestíbulo (es) m, hall m (hol), jol (es) m (Spain) Swedish: sal (sv) c Tagalog: bulwagan Tajik: толор (tg) (tolor), зал (zal) Tamil: அரங்கம் (ta) (araṅkam), மன்றம் (ta) (maṉṟam) Turkish: salon (tr) Ukrainian: зал m (zal) Uzbek: zal (uz) Vietnamese: phòng (vi) Yiddish: זאַל m (zal)

manor house

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 甲第 (zh) (jiǎdì) Dutch: villa (nl) f, herenhuis (nl) n Estonian: mõis (et) Finnish: kartano (fi) French: manoir (fr) m Galician: pazo (gl) German: Herrenhaus (de) n Greek: μέγαρο (el) n (mégaro) Irish: teach mór m Polish: rezydencja (pl) f Russian: уса́дьба (ru) f (usádʹba), поме́стье (ru) n (poméstʹje)

building providing student accommodation

Arabic: مَهْجَع m (mahjaʕ) Belarusian: інтэрна́т m (internát) Bulgarian: общежи́тие (bg) n (obštežítie) Chinese: Mandarin: 宿舍 (zh) (sùshè) Dutch: studentenflat (nl) m Estonian: õpilaselamu, ühikas Finnish: asuntola (fi) French: foyer (fr) m, résidence universitaire (fr) f Galician: residencia universitaria German: Studentenwohnheim (de) n Greek: φοιτητική εστία f (foititikí estía), φοιτητική εστία (foititikí estía) Hungarian: kollégium (hu) Japanese: 寮 (ja) (りょう, ryō), 宿舎 (ja) (しゅくしゃ, shukusha) Korean: 기숙사(寄宿舍) (ko) (gisuksa) Russian: общежи́тие (ru) n (obščežítije) Ukrainian: гурто́житок m (hurtóžytok) Welsh: neuadd (cy)

principal room of a secular medieval building

Armenian: սրահ (hy) (srah) Bulgarian: за́ла (bg) f (zála) Dutch: zaal (nl) m Estonian: saal (et) Finnish: sali (fi) French: salle (fr) f German: Saal (de) m, Halle (de) f Portuguese: saguão (pt) m Russian: зал (ru) m (zal), за́ла (ru) f (zála) (dated)

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɫ/
• Rhymes: -aɫ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حال (hal, “situation; grief”).

Noun

hall m (plural halle)

1. difficult situation, difficulty, trouble, misery, plight

   Synonyms: ngushticë, mundim, nevojë

2. concern, vexing issue

   Synonym: shqetësim

Derived terms

• hallemadh
• halleshumë
• hallexhi
• hallezi
• hallkeq

Adverb

hall

1. badly, wrongly

   Synonym: keq

   hall kështu, hall ashtu. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 643ab
• Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “hall¹”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 184f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “hall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 153a
• Meyer, G. (1891), “hał”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 145

Further reading

• Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “hall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141f.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حل (hal, “solution”).

Noun

hall m (plural halle) (colloquial)

1. solution, way out

   Synonyms: zgjidhje, rrugëdalje

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 643ab
• Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “hall²”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 185

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho¹
    • Yale: hō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

hall

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) assembly hall; auditorium
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) residence hall; dormitory

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall. Doublet of hal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɒːl]

Noun

hall c (singular definite hallen, plural indefinite haller)

1. hall (a corridor or a hallway)

Inflection

Declension of hall

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hall	hallen	haller	hallerne
genitive	halls	hallens	hallers	hallernes

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German hell.

Adjective

hall

1. (Erzgebirgisch) clear, bright, light

   an hallrlichtrn Tooch

   in broad daylight

   (literally, “at bright-light day”)

References

• 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 14

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎ (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57

Estonian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *halla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlː/, [ˈ(h)ɑlː]

Noun

hall (genitive halla, partitive halla)

1. frost

Declension

Declension of hall (type õrn)

	singular	plural
nominative	hall	hallad
genitive	halla	hallade
partitive	halla	hallu / hallasid
illative	halla / hallasse	halladesse
inessive	hallas	hallades
elative	hallast	halladest
allative	hallale	halladele
adessive	hallal	halladel
ablative	hallalt	halladelt
translative	hallaks	halladeks
terminative	hallani	halladeni
essive	hallana	halladena
abessive	hallata	halladeta
comitative	hallaga	halladega

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *halli (compare Finnish halli), from Balto-Slavic. Compare Latvian salnis, Lithuanian šalnis (“off-white, roan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlʲː/, [ˈ(h)ɑlʲː]

Adjective

hall (genitive halli, partitive halli, comparative hallim, superlative kõige hallim)

1. grey (color)

Declension

Declension of hall (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hall	hallid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	halli
genitive			hallide
partitive		halli	halle hallisid
illative		halli hallisse	hallidesse hallesse
inessive		hallis	hallides halles
elative		hallist	hallidest hallest
allative		hallile	hallidele hallele
adessive		hallil	hallidel hallel
ablative		hallilt	hallidelt hallelt
translative		halliks	hallideks halleks
terminative		hallini	hallideni
essive		hallina	hallidena
abessive		hallita	hallideta
comitative		halliga	hallidega

Derived terms

• hallitama

See also

Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text)

valge	hall	must
punane; karmiinpunane	oranž; pruun	kollane; kreem
laimiroheline, kollakasroheline	roheline	mündiroheline; tumeroheline
tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline	taevasinine, taevassinine	sinine
lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine	fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane	roosa

Etymology 3

German Halle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlʲː/, [ˈ(h)ɑlʲː]

Noun

hall (genitive halli, partitive halli)

1. hall (a large room or building)

Declension

Declension of hall (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hall	hallid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	halli
genitive			hallide
partitive		halli	halle hallisid
illative		halli hallisse	hallidesse hallesse
inessive		hallis	hallides halles
elative		hallist	hallidest hallest
allative		hallile	hallidele hallele
adessive		hallil	hallidel hallel
ablative		hallilt	hallidelt hallelt
translative		halliks	hallideks halleks
terminative		hallini	hallideni
essive		hallina	hallidena
abessive		hallita	hallideta
comitative		halliga	hallidega

Further reading

• hall in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall. Doublet of halle.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ol/

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Noun

hall m (plural halls)

1. hall
   • 2018 July 6, “Bonaparte”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Antidote:

     Les keufs barodent
     Parce qu’ils barodent, j’suis caché dans l’hall

     The pigs walk around
     And because they walk around I am hidden in the hall

2. lobby

Further reading

• “hall”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hal/

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• Rhymes: -al

Verb

hall

1. singular imperative of hallen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hallen