allô
See also: allo, allos, álló, allò, allo-, and ällö
French
Alternative forms
- allo (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From English hello.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lo/
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Interjection
allô
- (telephony) hello (when answering at the beginning of a call)
- (telephony) used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening
- Allô? Tu m'entends? ― Hello? You hear me?
- (Quebec, Louisiana) hello (as a greeting other than on the telephone)
- (informal) hello! (implying someone is not paying attention to the obvious)
Descendants
- → Romanian: alo
- → Russian: алло́ (alló)
- → Spanish: aló
- → Turkish: alo
Further reading
- “allô”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Lola