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English

Verb

haloo (third-person singular simple present haloos, present participle halooing, simple past and past participle halooed)

  1. Dated form of halloo.
    • 1760, Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World:
      Scenes shifting, trumpets sounding, mobs halooing, carpets spreading, guards bustling from one door to another; gods, demons, daggers, racks, and ratsbane.

Noun

haloo (plural haloos)

  1. Dated form of halloo.

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Etymology

From Latin halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈloo/
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  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lo‧o

Noun

haloo (accusative singular haloon, plural halooj, accusative plural haloojn)

  1. (astronomy) halo

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish hallå.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑloː/, [ˈhɑ̝lo̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑloː
  • Syllabification(key): ha‧loo
  • Hyphenation(key): ha‧loo

Interjection

haloo

  1. hello (greeting used when answering the telephone; call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening; also used sarcastically)
  2. (colloquial) come on (used to express disapproval of or exasperation for what someone has said or done)
    Hei haloo, et sä nyt noin voi tehdä.
    Hey come on, you can't do that.

Noun

haloo (colloquial)

  1. hullabaloo

Declension

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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