halo

halo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "halo"

English

A solar halo.

Apostles Luke and John, with heads enclosed in halos

A medical head-neck halo

The halo, a U-shaped loop rising in front of the driver

The first letter "o" in "Good" is sporting a ring halo, frequently found with fictional angels

Etymology

From Latin halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “threshing floor; disk; disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon”), of unknown origin. The threshing floor's circular threshold or oxen walking on it in a circle gave rise to the other meanings. Used in English since 1563; the sense of light around someone’s head since 1646.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪləʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) enPR: hāʹlō, IPA^(key): /ˈheɪloʊ/
• Rhymes: -eɪləʊ

Noun

halo (plural halos or haloes)

1. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
2. (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
3. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
4. (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
5. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

   her halo slipped

6. (advertising) The bias caused by the halo effect.
   • 2016, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, ‎Health and Medicine Division, ‎Food and Nutrition Board, Food Literacy: How Do Communications and Marketing Impact Consumer Knowledge, Skills, and Behavior? (page 51)

     In both cases, they found that […] there was a halo effect (e.g., when a "low cholesterol" claim was made, consumers perceived other nutrients, such as fat, also to be at low levels when they were actually high). Andrews reported that these misleading halos were reduced only when the claims were accompanied by an evaluative disclosure […]

7. (art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
8. (medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
9. (motor racing) A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar.
10. (automotive) Short for halo headlight.

Synonyms

• (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings): aureole, nimbus

Derived terms

• halo effect
• halo nucleus
• neutron halo
• nuclear halo
• proton halo

Translations

atmospheric phenomenon

Albanian: aureolë (sq), brerore (sq) Armenian: բակ (hy) (bak) Basque: halo Bulgarian: ареола f (areola) Catalan: halo (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 暈／晕 (zh) (yùn) Czech: halo (cs) n Danish: halo c Dutch: halo (nl) m Esperanto: haloo Estonian: halo (et) Finnish: halo (fi), kehä (fi); auringonkehä (around the sun); kuunkehä (around the moon) French: halo (fr) m Galician: cerco m German: Halo (de) m Greek: άλως (el) f (álos) Ancient: ἅλως f (hálōs) Hindi: सूर्यमंडल (hi) m (sūryamaṇḍal), मंडल (hi) m (maṇḍal), परिधि (hi) f (paridhi), परिवेश (hi) m (pariveś), उपसूर्यक (hi) m (upsūryak) Hungarian: haló Ingrian: sappi Irish: bogha m Italian: nimbo (it) m, alone (it) m Japanese: 暈 (ja) (かさ, kasa), 円光 (ja) (えんこう, enkō) Korean: 무리 (ko) (muri) Latvian: halo m Lithuanian: halas m Navajo: bináʼástłééʼ Norwegian: Bokmål: halo m Nynorsk: halo m Persian: هاله‎ (fa) (hâle), شادورد‎ (fa) (šâdvard), شایورد‎ (šâyvard) Polish: halo (pl) n, aureola (pl) f Portuguese: halo (pt) m, auréola (pt) f Romanian: halo (ro) n Russian: гало́ (ru) n (galó) Sanskrit: मण्डल (sa) n (maṇḍala) Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-solais f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хало m Roman: halo (sh) m Slovak: žiara Spanish: halo (es) m Swedish: halo (sv) c Tagalog: palaba Telugu: పరిధి (te) (paridhi) Turkish: ayla (tr), ağıl (tr), hale (tr) Welsh: lleugylch m Westrobothnian: versol f

anything resembling the phenomenon

Dutch: aureool (nl) n Esperanto: haloo Finnish: halo (fi) French: halo (fr) m Italian: alone (it) m Maori: amaia, āwheo Persian: هاله‎ (fa) (hâle) Polish: halo (pl) n Portuguese: halo (pt) m, auréola (pt) f Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-solais f Turkish: hale (tr) Welsh: lleugylch m

luminous disc around the heads of saints

Bulgarian: ореол (bg) m (oreol) Chinese: Mandarin: 圓光／圆光 (zh) (yuánguāng) Czech: svatozář (cs) f Danish: glorie c Dutch: aureool (nl) n Esperanto: nimbo Finnish: sädekehä (fi) French: auréole (fr) f, nimbe (fr) m German: Heiligenschein (de) m Greek: φωτοστέφανο (el) n (fotostéfano), άλως (el) f (álos), δόξα (el) f (dóxa) Hindi: तेजोमंडल (hi) (tejomaṇḍal) Hungarian: glória (hu) Icelandic: geislabaugur m Indonesian: nimbus Italian: nimbo (it) m, aureola (it) f Japanese: 輪っか (wakka) Maori: āwheo Marathi: तेजोवलय (tejovlay) Navajo: bináʼástłééʼ Norwegian: Bokmål: glorie m Nynorsk: glorie m Persian: هاله نور‎ (hâle-ye nur) Polish: aureola (pl) f, gloria (pl) f, nimb m, nimbus (pl) m Portuguese: auréola (pt) f, nimbo (pt) m Romanian: nimb (ro) n, aureolă (ro) f Russian: нимб (ru) m (nimb), орео́л (ru) m (oreól) Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-solais f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: златокруг m, светокруг m, ореол m, нимбус m Roman: zlatokrug m, svetokrug (sh) m, oreol (sh) m, nimbus (sh) m Spanish: nimbo (es) m, aureola (es) f, halo (es) m Swedish: gloria (sv) c Turkish: hale (tr) Welsh: eurgylch m

metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment

Bulgarian: ореол (bg) m (oreol) Dutch: aura (nl) f Finnish: sädekehä (fi) German: Nimbus (de) m Italian: aura (it) f, alone (it) m Polish: aureola (pl) f, gloria (pl) f, nimb m Portuguese: auréola (pt) f Russian: орео́л (ru) m (oreól) Swedish: aura (sv) c

Verb

halo (third-person singular simple present haloes, present participle haloing, simple past and past participle haloed)

1. (transitive) To encircle with a halo.

   Synonym: inaureole

Related terms

• halation

Translations

encircle with a halo

Dutch: van een aureool (nl) voorzien (nl) Italian: aureolare Portuguese: aureolar (pt) Turkish: hale (tr) Welsh: eurgylchu

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “halo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• hola

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhalo/

Interjection

hálo

1. Quiet!

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʔlo/

Noun

hâlo

1. a pestle

See also

• labok
• lubang

 

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaloʔ/
• IPA^(key): /haˈloʔ/

Noun

halò or halô

1. mixture

   Synonyms: salak, ramas

Derived terms

• haluon
• ihalo
• maghalo

 

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *salā (“filth, dirt”).

Noun

halo m

1. saliva

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 319
• Revue celtique. (1888). France: F. Vieweg., p 374

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Catalan

Verb

halo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of halar

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• hawo

Etymology

For the second noun sense, the monitor lizard's timidity likened to cowardice.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lo

Noun

halo

1. a monitor lizard
2. (historical) a cowardly tattooed man

Verb

halo

1. to mingle

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦalo]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin halos.

Noun

halo n

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Declension

Declension of halo

	singular	plural
nominative	halo	hala
genitive	hala	hal
dative	halu	halům
accusative	halo	hala
vocative	halo	hala
locative	halu	halech
instrumental	halem	haly

Noun

halo

1. vocative singular of hala

Further reading

• halo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• halo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “disk of the sun or moon”).

Noun

halo c (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloer, definite plural haloerne)

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “disk of the sun or moon, ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor; disk of a shield”), itself of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.loː/

• Audio

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Noun

halo m (plural halo's, diminutive halootje n)

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon).
2. Similar visual effect resulting from undesirable, roughly circular spots on an imperfectly developed photograph.

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• hola

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhalo]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: ha‧lo

Etymology 1

Of Germanic origin; related to German Halle, Dutch hal, also to Norwegian hall and Swedish hall.

Noun

halo (accusative singular halon, plural haloj, accusative plural halojn)

1. (architecture) hall

Derived terms

• enirhalo
• festhalo
• sporthalo

 

Interjection

halo

1. Alternative form of hola

Usage notes

To avoid confusion with the above halo, the authors of the Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto recommend including the particle lo or adding a space ("ha lo").

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlo/, [ˈhɑlo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧lo

Verb

halo

1. present active indicative connegative of halkoa
2. second-person singular present imperative of halkoa
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of halkoa

Etymology 2

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

Noun

halo

1. halo

Declension

Inflection of halo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		halo	halot
genitive		halon	halojen
partitive		haloa	haloja
illative		haloon	haloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		halo	halot
accusative	nom.	halo	halot
	gen.	halon
genitive		halon	halojen
partitive		haloa	haloja
inessive		halossa	haloissa
elative		halosta	haloista
illative		haloon	haloihin
adessive		halolla	haloilla
ablative		halolta	haloilta
allative		halolle	haloille
essive		halona	haloina
translative		haloksi	haloiksi
instructive		—	haloin
abessive		halotta	haloitta
comitative		—	haloineen

Possessive forms of halo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	haloni	halomme
2nd person	halosi	halonne
3rd person	halonsa

Derived terms

• haloilmiö

Anagrams

• Alho, alho, laho

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French

Etymology

From Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “disk of the sun or moon, ring of light around the sun or moon; threshing floor; disk of a shield”), itself of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lo/

• audio

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Noun

halo m (plural halos)

1. Halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
2. Similar visual effect resulting from undesirable, roughly circular spots on an imperfectly developed photograph

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• hola, holà

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Galician

Verb

halo

1. first-person singular present indicative of halar

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Ido

Noun

halo (plural hali)

1. hall, very large room

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch hallo. Compare Malay helo.

Interjection

halo

1. hello

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly a denominative verb from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-s-lo- (with spurious h), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), whence animus.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhaː.loː/, [ˈhäːɫ̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo/, [ˈäːlo]

Verb

hālō (present infinitive hālāre, perfect active hālāvī, supine hālātum); first conjugation

1. breathe
2. emit, exhale, release (gas or fragrance)
3. be fragrant
   • P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid, Book I, ll. 416 ff.

     Ipsa Paphum sublimis abit sedesque revisit
     Laeta suas ubi templum illi centumque Sabaeo⁠⁠⁠
     Ture calent arae sertisque recentibus halant.

     [Venus] goes flying back to Paphos and sees happily again her seat
     Where there is a temple to her and a hundred altars
     That warmly glow with Sheban incense and are perfumed by fresh wreaths.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hālō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	hālō	hālās	hālat	hālāmus	hālātis	hālant
	imperfect	hālābam	hālābās	hālābat	hālābāmus	hālābātis	hālābant
	future	hālābō	hālābis	hālābit	hālābimus	hālābitis	hālābunt
	perfect	hālāvī	hālāvistī	hālāvit	hālāvimus	hālāvistis	hālāvērunt, hālāvēre
	pluperfect	hālāveram	hālāverās	hālāverat	hālāverāmus	hālāverātis	hālāverant
	future perfect	hālāverō	hālāveris	hālāverit	hālāverimus	hālāveritis	hālāverint
passive	present	hālor	hālāris, hālāre	hālātur	hālāmur	hālāminī	hālantur
	imperfect	hālābar	hālābāris, hālābāre	hālābātur	hālābāmur	hālābāminī	hālābantur
	future	hālābor	hālāberis, hālābere	hālābitur	hālābimur	hālābiminī	hālābuntur
	perfect	hālātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	hālātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	hālātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	hālem	hālēs	hālet	hālēmus	hālētis	hālent
	imperfect	hālārem	hālārēs	hālāret	hālārēmus	hālārētis	hālārent
	perfect	hālāverim	hālāverīs	hālāverit	hālāverīmus	hālāverītis	hālāverint
	pluperfect	hālāvissem	hālāvissēs	hālāvisset	hālāvissēmus	hālāvissētis	hālāvissent
passive	present	hāler	hālēris, hālēre	hālētur	hālēmur	hālēminī	hālentur
	imperfect	hālārer	hālārēris, hālārēre	hālārētur	hālārēmur	hālārēminī	hālārentur
	perfect	hālātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	hālātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	hālā	—	—	hālāte	—
	future	—	hālātō	hālātō	—	hālātōte	hālantō
passive	present	—	hālāre	—	—	hālāminī	—
	future	—	hālātor	hālātor	—	—	hālantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		hālāre	hālāvisse	hālātūrum esse	hālārī	hālātum esse	hālātum īrī
participles		hālāns	—	hālātūrus	—	hālātus	hālandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		hālandī	hālandō	hālandum	hālandō	hālātum	hālātū

Synonyms

• spīrō, feo

Derived terms

• adhālō
• anhēlo
• exhālō
• inhālō
• redhālō

Descendants

• Old French: haler
  • French: haleter

References

• “halo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “halo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• halo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

halo m (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloer, definite plural haloene)

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halo m (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloar, definite plural haloane)

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.lɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alɔ
• Syllabification: ha‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hallo.

Interjection

halo

1. hello? Used to answer the phone.

   Synonyms: proszę, słucham

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs).

Noun

halo n

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
2. (literary) halo (the metaphorical aura of glory)

   Synonyms: aureola, gloria, nimb

Declension

Indeclinable.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

halo

1. vocative singular of hala

Further reading

• halo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• halo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “disk of the sun or moon”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu/

• Rhymes: -alu
• Homophone: alo
• Hyphenation: ha‧lo

Noun

halo m (plural halos)

1. (astronomy) halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

   Synonym: auréola

2. (religion, iconography) halo (luminous disc around the heads of saints)

   Synonyms: auréola, nimbo

References

1. “halo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “halo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French halo.

Noun

halo n (plural halouri)

1. halo

Declension

Declension of halo

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) halo	haloul	(niște) halouri	halourile
genitive/dative	(unui) halo	haloului	(unor) halouri	halourilor
vocative	haloule		halourilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

halo m (Cyrillic spelling хало)

1. (astronomy) halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Etymology 2

From English hallo.

Interjection

halo (Cyrillic spelling хало)

1. (when answering the telephone) hello

Synonyms

• zdravo
• ćao

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Spanish

Etymology

Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “disk of the sun or moon”).

Noun

halo m (plural halos)

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
2. halo (nimbus around the head of a holy figure)

Verb

halo

1. first-person singular present indicative of halar

Further reading

• “halo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• hola

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Swedish

Etymology

Medieval Latin, from Latin halos, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “disk of the sun or moon”). Related to English and Danish halo.

Noun

halo c (definite singular halon, indefinite plural halor/ haloer, definite plural halorna/ haloerna)

1. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)

Declension

Declension of halo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	halo	halon	halor	halorna
Genitive	halos	halons	halors	halornas

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaloʔ/, [ˈha.loʔ] (noun)
• IPA^(key): /haˈloʔ/, [hɐˈloʔ] (adjective)

Noun

halò (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓ)

1. mixture (things mixed together)

   Synonym: timplada

2. mix (substance added to a mixture)

   Synonyms: lahok, banto, sahog

3. mixing; act of mixing

   Synonyms: paghalo, paghahalo

Derived terms

• halo-halo
• haluan
• haluin
• halungtiyang
• ihalo
• kahalo
• maghalo
• maghalo ang balat sa tinalupan
• magkahalo
• makihalo
• mapahalo
• paghalo
• paghaluin
• pagkakahalo
• panghalo

 

Adjective

halô

1. mixed together (by stirring)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhalo/, [ˈha.lo]

Noun

halo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓ)

1. pestle (for a mortar)

   Synonyms: pambayo, pandikdik, panligis

See also

• mortero
• pambayo

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lo
• IPA^(key): /haˈlo/, [hɐˈlo]

Interjection

haló (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓ)

1. hello!

Alternative forms

• helo

See also

• kumusta
• uy

Further reading

• “halo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Anagrams

• laho

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Tetum

Verb

halo

1. to do, to make
2. to build