Hello

Interjection

 * 1) A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
 * Hello, everyone.
 * 1) A greeting used when answering the telephone.
 * Hello? How may I help you?
 * 1) A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
 * Hello? Is anyone there?
 * 1)  Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed or referred to has done something the speaker or writer considers to be foolish.
 * You just tried to start your car with your cell phone. Hello?
 * 1) An expression of puzzlement or discovery.
 * Hello? What’s going on here?

Synonyms

 * g'day, hey, hi, howdy
 * hallo, hey, hi, hiya, ey up
 * hallo, hey, hi, howdy
 * how's it going, hey, hi, what's the craic
 * howzit
 * wassup, what's up, yo, sup
 * See also Thesaurus:hello
 * See also Thesaurus:hello

Antonyms

 * bye, goodbye

Derived terms

 * hello yourself, and see how you like it

Noun

 * 1) "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.

Thesaurus
accost, address, bob, bow, curtsy, embrace, greeting, hail, hand-clasp, handshake, how-do-you-do, hug, kiss, nod, salutation, salute, smile, smile of recognition, wave

Alternative forms

 * hullo

Etymology
hello: (first attested in 1846) from hallo: (attested 1840), 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.

Possibly from the &  verb halôn, holôn:, akin to  hale: or hail:.

Interjection

 * Afrikaans: hallo
 * Albanian:
 * Aleut: aang, draas
 * American Sign Language: B@Sfhead-PalmForward B@FromSfhead-PalmForward
 * Arabic:, , ,
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: hola
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: kaixo
 * Bavarian: ,
 * Belarusian:, ,  ,
 * Bengali: নমস্কার
 * Bosnian: zdravo, ćao, merhaba, selam
 * Bulgarian: здравей (zdravéy, familiar), здравейте (zdravéyte, formal)
 * Burmese: မင်္ဂလာပါ
 * Catalan: hola
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wu: 你好 (non ho)
 * Croatian: zdravo, ćao, bok, bog
 * Czech:, , dobrý den
 * Danish: hej, dav, god dag ,
 * Dutch: hallo, hoi, dag, goede dag
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Faroese: ,
 * Fijian: bula
 * Filipino: hoy, kumustá
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ola
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ,
 * Gilbertese: mauri
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ,
 * Modern:, , , χαίρετε
 * Greenlandic:
 * Gujarati: નમસ્તે, નમસ્કાર
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hausa: sannu
 * Hawaiian: aloha
 * Hebrew:, שלום עליכם
 * Hindi:, नमस्कार, , सत श्री अकाल , हेलो, हलो
 * Hmong: nyob zoo
 * Hungarian:, sziasztok ; ,
 * Icelandic:, hæ, góðan dag, góðan daginn
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: bon die
 * Irish: Dia dhuit, Dia is Muire dhuit , haileo
 * Italian:, ,
 * Iu Mien:
 * Japanese: おはようございます (ohayō gozaimásu = good morning, polite), こんにちは (kónnichi wa = good day), こんばんは (kómban wa = good evening), おはよう (ohayō = good morning, informal)
 * Jèrriais: bouônjour
 * Kabardian:
 * Kannada: ತುಳಿಲು, ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ
 * Karachay-Balkar: ,
 * Kazakh: (səlem), салам (salam),  (səlemetsizder, formal)
 * Khmer: ជំរាបសួរ, សួស្ដី


 * Korean: (formal)  (neutrally formal),  (informal)
 * Lao:
 * Latin: ,
 * Lithuanian: labas, sveikas, sveiki
 * Livonian: tēriņtš
 * Lojban:
 * Luo:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malagasy: Manao ahoana?,
 * Malayalam: ഹലോ, നമസ്തേ, നമസ്ക്കാരം
 * Maltese: bonġu (before 12:00 p.m.), bonswa (after 12:00 p.m.)
 * Maori: kia ora
 * Mapudungun:
 * Marathi: नमस्कार
 * Michif: ,
 * Mohawk: sekoh
 * Mongolian: сайн уу (informal), сайн байна уу
 * Navajo:
 * Norfuk:
 * Norwegian: hallo, hei, god dag, halla , heisann
 * Palauan: alii
 * Persian: (salâm); religious:  (salâmo aleykom); literary:  (dorud); morning:  (sobh bekheyr), afternoon:  (zohr bekheyr), evening:  (asr bekheyr)
 * Polish: cześć, witaj, witajcie, witam , dzień dobry
 * Portuguese:, , e aí
 * Punjabi: ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ
 * Romanian: salut, bună, noroc, bună ziua , servus
 * Russian:,  ,  ,
 * Sanskrit: नमस्कार, नमस्ते
 * Scottish Gaelic:,  ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:, ћао
 * Roman:, ćao
 * Sicilian: ciao, salutamu
 * Sinhalese: හලෝ
 * Slovak:, ,
 * Slovene: živjo, zdravo ; dober dan, pozdravljeni
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:, buenos días,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: hallå, hej, god dag, tjena, hejsan
 * Swiss German: sälü, hoi, hallo
 * Tagalog: kamusta, kumusta
 * Tamil: வணக்கம்
 * Telugu: నమసకారం, బాగున్నారా
 * Thai:, ,
 * Tswana: dumela (e.g. "Dumela, rra" = "hello sir"); dumelang (e.g. "Dumelang, borra" = "hello gentlemen")
 * Turkish:
 * Tuvan: экии (ekii)
 * Ukrainian:, добрий день
 * Urdu:, نمستے, نمسکار
 * Vietnamese: xin chào, chào (ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị — depending on gender and relative social status of person addressed)
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: helo, bore da (good morning), dydd da (good day)
 * West Frisian: hallo, hoi
 * Xhosa: molo, molweni
 * Yakut: ,
 * Yiddish: שלום־עליכם, גוט־מאָרגן
 * Zulu: sawubona


 * Afrikaans: hallo
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ալլո
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian: halo, molim
 * Bulgarian: ало
 * Cantonese:
 * Catalan: digui, si, hola, mani'm?
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (often pronounced: wéi),
 * Croatian: molim, izvolite, halo
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ალო, გისმენთ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: हलो, हेलो
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: halló, hæ, hæ hæ, góðan dag, góðan daginn
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: hallo
 * Irish: haileo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean: 여보세요
 * Lao:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lojban:
 * Macedonian: ало
 * Maltese: ħellow
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: الو
 * Polish: halo, słucham
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: хало / halo, молим / molim
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: halo, prosim
 * Spanish:, bueno , diga , dígame ,  , oigo
 * Swedish: hallå, hej, god dag
 * Tagalog: magandang tanghali po (good day)
 * Thai: (sàwàtdee kráp),  (sàwàtdee kâ)  (formal)  (hanlǒh) (informal)
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, слухати
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: hallo


 * Armenian: աու
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian: halo?
 * Catalan: ?, na maria?
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:有人吗？ (yǒu rén ma)
 * Croatian: ?
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ?
 * Estonian: halloo?
 * Finnish: huhuu?
 * French: eh oh ?, oh eh ?, allô ?
 * German: ?, jemand da?
 * Hebrew: שלום? מישהו שם?
 * Icelandic: halló?
 * Interlingua: hallo?
 * Italian: c'è nessuno?
 * Interlingua: hallo?
 * Italian: c'è nessuno?


 * Japanese: おーい (ōi = Hi, Hey, formal and informal), すみませーん (sumimasēn = I'm sorry, formal), (ちょっと chotto = Hey, informal)
 * Korean: 계세요? (gyeseyo? = literally Anyone exist?, formal)
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lojban:
 * Macedonian: ало? (aló?)
 * Maltese: hawn xi ħadd?
 * Norwegian: ?
 * Polish: halo
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ?, ?
 * Russian: ! (aú)
 * Serbian: хало? / halo?
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: halo?
 * Spanish: ¿aló?, ¡Hola! ¿Hay alguien?
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (mee krai yòo mái?)
 * Welsh: helo?
 * Welsh: helo?


 * Chinese:
 * Dutch: ja, hallo!
 * Estonian: halloo!, tere hommikust!, tere tali!
 * Finnish: !
 * German: !, halloho!
 * Icelandic: halló!
 * Estonian: halloo!, tere hommikust!, tere tali!
 * Finnish: !
 * German: !, halloho!
 * Icelandic: halló!
 * Icelandic: halló!


 * Japanese: やれやれ (yareyare, formal and informal), やれやれだぜ (yareyare daze, informal), 大丈夫？ (daijōbu? = Are you all right?, formal and informal), 大丈夫かよ (daijōbu kayo? = Are you all right?, more informal), マジ？ (maji? = Are you sure?, informal), マジかよ？ (maji kayo? = Are you sure?, more informal)
 * Macedonian: алоoo? (alooo?)
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: acorda, alô
 * Slovene: !
 * Swedish:


 * Belarusian:
 * Catalan: conill!
 * Dutch: !
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 本当？ (hontō, Sure?, formal), 冗談だろ？ (jōdan daro, You are joking, formal and informal), 大丈夫？ (daijōbu? = Are you all right?, formal and informal), 大丈夫かよ？ (daijōbu kayo? = Are you all right?, more informal), マジ？ (maji? = Are you sure?, You're kidding!, informal), マジかよ (maji kayo? = Are you sure?, You're kidding!, more informal)
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 本当？ (hontō, Sure?, formal), 冗談だろ？ (jōdan daro, You are joking, formal and informal), 大丈夫？ (daijōbu? = Are you all right?, formal and informal), 大丈夫かよ？ (daijōbu kayo? = Are you all right?, more informal), マジ？ (maji? = Are you sure?, You're kidding!, informal), マジかよ (maji kayo? = Are you sure?, You're kidding!, more informal)
 * Japanese: 本当？ (hontō, Sure?, formal), 冗談だろ？ (jōdan daro, You are joking, formal and informal), 大丈夫？ (daijōbu? = Are you all right?, formal and informal), 大丈夫かよ？ (daijōbu kayo? = Are you all right?, more informal), マジ？ (maji? = Are you sure?, You're kidding!, informal), マジかよ (maji kayo? = Are you sure?, You're kidding!, more informal)


 * Lojban:
 * Slovene: !
 * Swedish: men hallå
 * West Frisian: hallo!
 * West Frisian: hallo!
 * West Frisian: hallo!


 * : ало (2)
 * : hafa dai
 * : hola
 * : kia ora
 * : yokwe
 * : yokwe


 * : niltze
 * : (namaskar)
 * : servo
 * : isänme(sez)!, sälâm! (1), allo, hallow (2)
 * : (ādāb),  (āssālam ‘alaykum)
 * : cервус