hallo
Cry for attention
Hallo is a variant of hello, used as a greeting or to attract attention.
It appears in British English and older texts: Hallo, what's all this then?
The spelling also represents a call to urge on hounds during a hunt.
In contemporary usage, hello has largely displaced it except in regional or stylized contexts.
hi
Informal spoken salutation
- heyInformal greeting or summons
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- salutationsFormal words of welcome
greetings · howdy · aloha · bonjour · hola · ciao · shalom · namaste · salaam · konnichiwa
listen
Perceive sound attentively
over here · yoo-hoo · calling · summoning · alerting · signaling · beckoning · hailing · shouting · notice
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- GermanGermany, Austria, Switzerland, German, Berlin
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- phone greetingshi, hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening
- greetingshi, hey, hola, aloha, greetings