haloo

haloo

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.

Anagrams

• ahool

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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

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish hallå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑloː/, [ˈhɑlo̞ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑloː
• Syllabification^(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

1. (colloquial) hullabaloo

Declension

Inflection of haloo (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
nominative		haloo	haloot
genitive		haloon	haloiden haloitten
partitive		haloota	haloita
illative		halooseen	haloisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		haloo	haloot
accusative	nom.	haloo	haloot
	gen.	haloon
genitive		haloon	haloiden haloitten
partitive		haloota	haloita
inessive		haloossa	haloissa
elative		haloosta	haloista
illative		halooseen	haloisiin haloihinrare
adessive		haloolla	haloilla
ablative		haloolta	haloilta
allative		haloolle	haloille
essive		haloona	haloina
translative		halooksi	haloiksi
instructive		—	haloin
abessive		halootta	haloitta
comitative		—	haloineen

Possessive forms of haloo (type vapaa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	halooni	haloomme
2nd person	haloosi	haloonne
3rd person	haloonsa