hall

See also: háll, håll, Hall, häll, and Häll

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English

Etymology

From Middle English halle, from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house; palace, temple; law-court”), 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”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /hɑl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophone: haul

Noun

hall (plural halls)

1. A corridor; a hallway.

   The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 13, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

2. A meeting room.

   The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

3. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

   The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)

4. A building providing student accommodation at a university.

   The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.

5. The principal room of a secular medieval building.
6. (obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Ben Jonson, Tale of a Tub

     Then cry, a hall, a hall! Come, father Rosin, with your fiddle now.

7. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.

   a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall

8. (India) A living room.

Derived terms

• BHK
• great hall
• hall monitor
• hall of fame
• hall of shame
• hall pass
• hallway
• sports hall

 

Translations

corridor or a hallway

• Armenian: միջանցք (hy) (miǰancʿkʿ)
• Belarusian: пярэ́дні пако́й m (pjarédni pakój)
• Bulgarian: вестибюл (bg) m (vestibjul)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 走廊 (zh) (zǒuláng)

• Dutch: hal (nl) m, gang (nl) m
• Finnish: käytävä (fi), eteinen (fi)
• French: couloir (fr) m, corridor (fr) m
• German: Flur (de) m, Korridor (de) m, Diele (de) f
• Greek: χολ (el) n (chol), διάδρομος (el) (diádromos) (formally)
• Italian: corridoio (it) m
• Japanese: 玄関 (ja) (げんかん, genkan), 廊下 (ja) (ろうか, rōka)

• Korean: 회관 (ko) (hoegwan)
• Latin: auditorium
• Persian: هال‎ (fa) (hâl), تالار‎ (fa) (tâlâr)
• Polish: hol (pl) m, przedpokój (pl) m, sala (pl) f
• Portuguese: corredor (pt) m
• Russian: коридо́р (ru) m (koridór), приёмная (ru) f (prijómnaja), вестибю́ль (ru) m (vestibjúlʹ), фойе́ (ru) n (fojé), холл (ru) m (xoll)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wjaža f

• Spanish: pasillo (es) m
• Turkish: koridor (tr), hol (tr)
• Walloon: poice (wa) m, colidôr (wa) m

meeting room

• Albanian: sallë (sq) f
• Arabic: قَاعَة‎ f (qāʿa), صَالَة‎ f (ṣāla)
• Armenian: սրահ (hy) (srah)
• Azerbaijani: zal (az)
• Belarusian: за́ла f (zála)
• Bulgarian: за́ла (bg) f (zála)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大廳 (zh), 大厅 (zh) (dàtīng), 廳堂 (zh), 厅堂 (zh) (tīngtáng), 會堂 (zh), 会堂 (zh) (huìtáng)

• Danish: sal (da) c
• Dutch: zaal (nl) m
• Finnish: sali (fi)
• French: salle (fr) f, salon (fr) m
• Georgian: დარბაზი (ka) (darbazi), ზალა (ka) (zala)
• German: Halle (de) f, Saal (de) m
• Greek: αίθουσα (el) f (aíthousa)
• Hungarian: terem (hu)
• Icelandic: salur m
• Italian: sala (it) f
• Japanese: ホール (ja) m (hōru)

• Kazakh: зал (zal)
• Korean: 홀 (ko) (hol)
• Kyrgyz: зал (ky) (zal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sal (no) m

• Persian: سالن‎ (fa) (sâlon), تالار‎ (fa) (tâlâr)
• Polish: sala (pl) f
• Portuguese: salão (pt) m
• Romanian: sală (ro) f
• Russian: зал (ru) m (zal), за́ла (ru) f (zála) (dated)
• Spanish: salón (es) m
• Swedish: sal (sv) c
• Tagalog: bulwagan
• Tajik: толор (tg) (tolor), зал (zal)
• Turkish: salon (tr)
• Ukrainian: зал m (zal)
• Uzbek: zal (uz)
• Vietnamese: phòng (vi)

manor house

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲第 (zh) (jiǎdì)

• Dutch: villa (nl) f, herenhuis (nl) n
• Finnish: kartano (fi)

• French: manoir (fr) m
• German: Herrenhaus (de) n
• Greek: μέγαρο (el) n (mégaro)
• Russian: уса́дьба (ru) f (usádʹba), поме́стье (ru) n (poméstʹje)

building providing student accommodation

• Dutch: studentenflat (nl) m
• Finnish: asuntola (fi)
• French: foyer (fr) m, résidence universitaire (fr) f

• German: Studentenwohnheim (de) n
• Greek: φοιτητική εστία f (foititikí estía)
• Welsh: neuadd (cy)

principal room of a secular medieval building

• Armenian: սրահ (hy) (srah)
• Dutch: zaal (nl) m
• Finnish: sali (fi)
• French: salle (fr) f

• German: Saal (de) m, Halle (de) f
• Portuguese: saguão (pt) m
• Russian: зал (ru) m (zal), за́ла (ru) f (zála) (dated)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} hall (fr) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 강당 (ko) (gangdang)}

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} allée f (Jersey)
• Old Norse: ^{(please verify)} hǫll f (1)

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (compare English shallow, Middle High German hel (“tired, weak”), Ancient Greek σκέλλω (skéllō, “to dry up”), σκληρός (sklērós, “hard, harsh”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɫ/

Noun

hall m (indefinite plural halle, definite singular halli, definite plural hallet)

1. trouble

References

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall. Doublet of hal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɒːl]

Noun

hall c (singular definite hallen, plural indefinite haller)

1. hall (a corridor or a hallway)

Inflection

Declension of hall

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hall	hallen	haller	hallerne
genitive	halls	hallens	hallers	hallernes

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *halla, from pre-Finnic *šalna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?]. Compare Latvian salna, Lithuanian šalna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlː/

Noun

hall (genitive halla, partitive halla)

1. frost

Declension

Declension of hall (type õrn)

	singular	plural
nominative	hall	hallad
genitive	halla	hallade
partitive	halla	hallu / hallasid
illative	halla / hallasse	halladesse
inessive	hallas	hallades
elative	hallast	halladest
allative	hallale	halladele
adessive	hallal	halladel
ablative	hallalt	halladelt
translative	hallaks	halladeks
terminative	hallani	halladeni
essive	hallana	halladena
abessive	hallata	halladeta
comitative	hallaga	halladega

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *halli (compare Finnish halli), from Balto-Slavic. Compare Latvian salnis, Lithuanian šalnis (“off-white, roan”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlʲː/

Adjective

hall (genitive halli, partitive halli)

1. grey (color)

Declension

Declension of hall (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	hall	hallid
genitive	halli	hallide
partitive	halli	halle / hallisid
illative	halli / hallisse	hallidesse
inessive	hallis	hallides
elative	hallist	hallidest
allative	hallile	hallidele
adessive	hallil	hallidel
ablative	hallilt	hallidelt
translative	halliks	hallideks
terminative	hallini	hallideni
essive	hallina	hallidena
abessive	hallita	hallideta
comitative	halliga	hallidega

Derived terms

• hallitama

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlʲː/

Noun

hall (genitive halli, partitive halli)

1. hall (large room or building)

Declension

Declension of hall (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	hall	hallid
genitive	halli	hallide
partitive	halli	halle / hallisid
illative	halli / hallisse	hallidesse
inessive	hallis	hallides
elative	hallist	hallidest
allative	hallile	hallidele
adessive	hallil	hallidel
ablative	hallilt	hallidelt
translative	halliks	hallideks
terminative	hallini	hallideni
essive	hallina	hallidena
abessive	hallita	hallideta
comitative	halliga	hallidega

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ol/

Noun

hall m (plural halls)

1. hall

Further reading

• “hall” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hal/
• Rhymes: -al

Verb

hall

1. Imperative singular of hallen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of hallen.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlː]

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Etymology 1

From the coincidence of the Proto-Uralic *kontale- (compare Old Hungarian hadl (“hear”), Mansi хӯнтли (χūntli, χūntl-), Finnish kuunnella) and Proto-Uralic *kule- (compare Mansi хӯлуӈкве (χūluŋkwe) and Finnish kuulla).

Verb

hall

1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive sounds through the ear)
2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)

   Hallottam egy hangot a szobából. ― I heard a sound from the room.

Conjugation

conjugation of hall

Infinitive			hallani
Past participle			hallott
Present participle			halló
Future participle			hallandó
Adverbial participle			hallva
Potential			hallhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	hallok	hallasz	hall	hallunk	hallotok	hallanak
		Definite	hallom én téged/titeket hallak	hallod	hallja	halljuk	halljátok	hallják
	Past	Indefinite	hallottam	hallottál	hallott	hallottunk	hallottatok	hallottak
		Definite	hallottam én téged/titeket hallottalak	hallottad	hallotta	hallottuk	hallottátok	hallották
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	hallanék	hallanál	hallana	hallanánk	hallanátok	hallanának
		Definite	hallanám én téged/titeket hallanálak	hallanád	hallaná	hallanánk	hallanátok	hallanák
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	halljak	hallj or halljál	halljon	halljunk	halljatok	halljanak
		Definite	halljam én téged/titeket halljalak	halld or halljad	hallja	halljuk	halljátok	hallják
Conjugated infinitive			hallanom	hallanod	hallania	hallanunk	hallanotok	hallaniuk

Derived terms

• hallatszik
• hallgat
• hallható
• hallomás

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Halle.

Noun

hall (plural hallok)

1. lounge

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hall	hallok
accusative	hallt	hallokat
dative	hallnak	halloknak
instrumental	hallal	hallokkal
causal-final	hallért	hallokért
translative	hallá	hallokká
terminative	hallig	hallokig
essive-formal	hallként	hallokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hallban	hallokban
superessive	hallon	hallokon
adessive	hallnál	halloknál
illative	hallba	hallokba
sublative	hallra	hallokra
allative	hallhoz	hallokhoz
elative	hallból	hallokból
delative	hallról	hallokról
ablative	halltól	halloktól

Possessive forms of hall
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hallom	halljaim
2nd person sing.	hallod	halljaid
3rd person sing.	hallja	halljai
1st person plural	hallunk	halljaink
2nd person plural	hallotok	halljaitok
3rd person plural	halljuk	halljaik

References

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Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish halla.

Noun

hall

1. frost

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫll.

Noun

hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene)

1. a hall (a building or very large room)

Derived terms

• idrettshall
• ishall
• svømmehall

References

• “hall” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑlː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hǫll. Akin to English hall.

Noun

hall m (definite singular hallen, indefinite plural hallar, definite plural hallane)
or
hall f (definite singular halla, indefinite plural haller, definite plural hallene)

1. a hall (a building or very large room)

Derived terms

• idrettshall
• ishall
• svømmehall, symjehall

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hallr.

Noun

hall n (definite singular hallet, indefinite plural hall, definite plural halla)

1. a slope, sloping terrain

Derived terms

• bakhall
• grashall

References

• “hall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hall.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔw/

Noun

hall m (plural halls)

1. (architecture) lobby; entrance hall (room in a building used for entry from the outside)

Derived terms

• hall da fama

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Spanish

Noun

hall m (plural halls)

1. hall, lobby, lounge

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Swedish

Etymology

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/

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Noun

hall c

1. a hallway
2. a lounge
3. a corridor
4. an entryway
5. short for any of the words:

   • simhall
   • ishall
   • sporthall
   • verkstadshall
   • mässhall

Declension

Declension of hall
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hall	hallen	hallar	hallarna
Genitive	halls	hallens	hallars	hallarnas

References

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hallr. Cognate with Icelandic hallur.

Adjective

hall

1. sloping, inclined, oblique

Derived terms

• hallfata
• hallläst
• hallsätt

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hǫll, from Proto-Germanic *hallō

Noun

hall f

1. area where no particularly large forest exist