hall

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English halle (“hall”), from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house, palace, temple, law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Danish hal (“hall, sports centre”), Faroese høll (“hall, palace”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”). Doublet of cell and cella. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɔːl/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /haːl/ (US) IPA(key): /hɔl/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /hɑl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl Homophone: haul === Noun === hall (plural halls) A corridor; a hallway. A large meeting room. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion). A building providing student accommodation at a university. The principal room of a secular medieval building. (obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences. (India) A living room. (Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall. (Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: χολ (chol), χωλ (chol), χωλλ (choll) → French: hall → Japanese: ホール (hōru) → Korean: 홀 (hol) → Russian: холл (xoll) ==== Translations ==== == Albanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɫ/ Rhymes: -aɫ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حال (hal, “situation; grief”). ==== Noun ==== hall m (plural halle) difficult situation, difficulty, trouble, misery, plight Synonyms: ngushticë, mundim, nevojë concern, vexing issue Synonym: shqetësim ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adverb ==== hall badly, wrongly Synonym: keq hall kështu, hall ashtu. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== References ==== FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 643ab Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “hall1”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 184f. Mann, S. E. (1948), “hall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 153a Meyer, G. (1891), “hał”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 145 ==== Further reading ==== Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “hall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141f. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حل (hal, “solution”). ==== Noun ==== hall m (plural halle) (colloquial) solution, way out Synonyms: zgjidhje, rrugëdalje ==== References ==== FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980, page 643ab Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “hall2”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 185 == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hall. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hall (Hong Kong Cantonese) assembly hall; auditorium (Hong Kong Cantonese) residence hall; dormitory == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hall. Doublet of hal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hɒːl] === Noun === hall c (singular definite hallen, plural indefinite haller) hall (a corridor or a hallway) ==== Inflection ==== == East Central German == === Etymology === Compare German hell. === Adjective === hall (Erzgebirgisch) clear, bright, light === References === 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 14 === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[3] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57 == Estonian == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Finnic *halla. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɑlː/, [ˈ(h)ɑlː] ==== Noun ==== hall (genitive halla, partitive halla) frost ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Finnic *halli (compare Finnish halli), from Balto-Slavic. Compare Latvian salnis, Lithuanian šalnis (“off-white, roan”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʲː/, [ˈ(h)ɑlʲː] ==== Adjective ==== hall (genitive halli, partitive halli, comparative hallim, superlative kõige hallim) grey (color) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hallitama ==== See also ==== === Etymology 3 === German Halle. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʲː/, [ˈ(h)ɑlʲː] ==== Noun ==== hall (genitive halli, partitive halli) hall (a large room or building) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === hall in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hall. Doublet of halle. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ol/ === Noun === hall m (plural halls) hall lobby === Further reading === “hall”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hal/ Rhymes: -al === Verb === hall singular imperative of hallen (colloquial) first-person singular present of hallen == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɒlː] Rhymes: -ɒlː === Etymology 1 === From the conflation of Proto-Uralic *kontale- (compare Old Hungarian hadl (“hear”), Northern Mansi хӯнтлуӈкве (hūntluňkve), Finnish kuunnella) and Proto-Uralic *kuwle- (compare Northern Mansi хӯлуӈкве (hūluňkve) and Finnish kuulla). ==== Verb ==== hall (intransitive) to hear (to perceive sounds through the ear) (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear) Hallottam egy hangot a szobából. ― I heard a sound from the room. ===== Usage notes ===== This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz–(le)áldozik, bán–bánik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik, (meg)ér–(meg)érik, esz (rare)–eszik, hajol–hajlik, hasonul–(meg)hasonlik, (felül)múl–(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúl–nyúlik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik~(el)vész, and tör–törik (along with their verbal prefixes), hall–hallik (archaic), érez–érzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibáz–hibádzik, (le)torkol–torkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== (With verbal prefixes): === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Halle. ==== Noun ==== hall (plural hallok) middle-sized, windowless room, entryway, hallway (in a private flat/apartment, with a size not smaller than 8 m² [86 sq ft], with space for people, but without affording them privacy due to its being an entry to other rooms) Synonym: előtér Coordinate terms: szoba, helyiség, félszoba, alkóv, gardrób, előszoba, hálószoba, nappali lobby, foyer, lounge (e.g. in a hotel or an opera house) Synonyms: társalgó, előcsarnok ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Further reading === (to hear): hall in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (entryway): hall in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hall. === Pronunciation === Add pronunciation here. === Noun === hall f (invariable) hall, lobby, lounge == Ludian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Finnic *halla, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish halla. === Noun === hall frost == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Derived from Old Norse hǫll. === Noun === hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene) hall (a building or very large room) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “hall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑlː/ === Etymology 1 === Derived from Old Norse hǫll. Akin to English hall. ==== Noun ==== hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural hallar, definite plural hallane) hall f (definite singular halla, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene) hall (a building or very large room) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Derived from Old Norse hallr. ==== Noun ==== hall n (definite singular hallet, indefinite plural hall, definite plural halla) slope, sloping terrain ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “hall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Swedish == === Noun === hall alternative spelling of hal (“a more or less flat, often sloping section of rock surface”) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hall. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hall m (plural halls) (architecture) lobby; entrance hall (a room in a building used for entry from the outside) Synonyms: átrio, entrada ==== Derived terms ==== hall da fama === Further reading === “hall”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “hall”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Noun === hall n (plural halluri) obsolete form of hol ==== Declension ==== === References === hall in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Alternative forms === jol === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hall. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxol/ [ˈxol] Rhymes: -ol Syllabification: hall === Noun === hall m (plural halls) hall, lobby, lounge ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “hall”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “hall”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse hǫll, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-. Compare English hall. Related to Latin cella and English cellar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hal/ === Noun === hall c hallway lounge corridor entryway short for any of the words: simhall ishall sporthall verkstadshall mässhall ==== Usage notes ==== Most commonly refers to a small room just inside the front door of a residential building, where shoes and outerwear are taken off or put on. ==== Declension ==== === References ===