halt

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɒlt/ (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /hɔːlt/ (US, lot–cloth split) IPA(key): /hɔlt/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /hɑlt/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /hɒlt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /hɔlt/ Rhymes: -ɒlt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta. ==== Verb ==== halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted) (obsolete) (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait. (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. To waver. To falter. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information). ==== Verb ==== halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted) (intransitive) To stop marching. (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently. (transitive) To bring to a stop. (transitive) To cause to discontinue. ===== Synonyms ===== (to stop marching): pause (to stop): brake, desist, stay; See also Thesaurus:stop (to cause something to stop): freeze, immobilize; See also Thesaurus:immobilize (to cause to discontinue): break off, terminate, shut down, stop; See also Thesaurus:desist ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== halt (plural halts) A cessation, either temporary or permanent. (rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. ===== Synonyms ===== (cessation: temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause (cessation: permanent): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt. ==== Adjective ==== halt (comparative more halt, superlative most halt) (archaic) Lame, limping. ==== Noun ==== halt (plural halts) (dated) Lameness; a limp. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from French halte. ==== Noun ==== halt (plural halts) (British, Ireland) A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities. ===== Derived terms ===== haltkeeper === Anagrams === thal, lath, Thal == Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German halt. Cognate with German halt (adverb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /halt/ === Adverb === halt so, just, simply 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript): == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦalt] === Interjection === halt alternative form of holt == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse haltr === Adjective === halt lame == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German halt. Doublet of houd, imperative of houden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɑlt/ === Interjection === halt stop! freeze! === Noun === halt n (uncountable, no diminutive) halt, pause, cessation ==== Derived terms ==== === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “halt”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == East Central German == === Etymology === From Middle High German halt, from Old High German halt, pertaining to Old High German halto (“soon, fast”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haldiz, according to Duden, ultimately related to *halþaz (“inclined, sloping”). Compare German halt. === Adjective === halt (Erzgebirgisch) so, just, simply === References === === 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[2] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57 == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /halt/ === Etymology 1 === From the verb halten (“to hold; to stop”). ==== Verb ==== halt singular imperative of halten ==== Interjection ==== halt! stop!, wait! ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: halt → Italian: alt → Spanish: alto → Portuguese: alto → Swedish: halt → Middle French: halt French: halte → Dutch: halte → Greek: αλτ (alt) → English: halt === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German halt, pertaining to Old High German halto (“soon, fast”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haldiz (related to *halþaz (“inclined”)), an adverbial comparative like *batiz. ==== Adverb ==== halt (colloquial, modal particle) Indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed, well Synonym: eben Er ist halt ein Idiot. ― Well, he’s an idiot. ===== Usage notes ===== The word is originally southern German and is still considered so by some contemporary dictionaries. It has, however, become common throughout the language area during the past decades. ===== Descendants ===== → Czech: holt ===== See also ===== ja === Further reading === “halt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hungarian == === Etymology === hal (“to die”) +‎ -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɒlt] Hyphenation: halt Rhymes: -ɒlt === Verb === halt third-person singular indicative past indefinite of hal ==== Usage notes ==== This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb: halt (…) meg, meg … halt ― meghalt ― meghal and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes. === Participle === halt past participle of hal ==== Declension ==== == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hal̪ˠt̪ˠ] === Noun === halt m h-prothesized form of alt == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hallt (Ormulum) alte (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English healt, form Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“crooked”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /halt/ === Adjective === halt (plural and weak singular halte) Limping, lame, crippled. (figuratively) Faulty, shoddy, poor. ==== Related terms ==== halten ==== Descendants ==== English: halt (archaic) Middle Scots: halt ==== References ==== “halt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse haltr, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== Homophones: hallt, halvt ==== Adjective ==== halt (indefinite singular halt, definite singular and plural halte, comparative haltare, indefinite superlative haltast, definite superlative haltaste) limp, limping ==== Verb ==== halt imperative of halta === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== halt (definite singular and plural halte) past participle of hala ==== Verb ==== halt supine of hala === References === “halt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Etymology === From a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhalt/ === Adjective === halt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular halte) high; elevated === Adverb === halt loud; loudly ==== Derived terms ==== haltement === Descendants === Middle French: hault French: haut == Old Norse == === Adjective === halt strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of haltr === Verb === halt second-person singular imperative active of halda == Swedish == === Etymology === From German Halt === Pronunciation === === Noun === halt c content, level (relative amount of something, in a mixture or the like) stopping (during a march, or more generally) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== -haltig === Interjection === halt halt! (stop!) (during a march, or more generally) === Adjective === halt (not comparable) having a limp, lame, halt ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== halta === Adjective === halt indefinite neuter singular of hal === References === halt in Svensk ordbok (SO) halt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) halt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)