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hall en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /hɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hɔl/ (Scotland)
  • /hɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio
  • /hoːl/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
  • /hɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /haːl/ (Northumbria)

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.

Meanings

  1. A corridor; a hallway.
    • The drinking fountain was out in the hall.
    • 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. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  2. A large 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).
    • But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendome, Kate of Kate-hall. c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
    • The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.
  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.
    • Then cry, a hall, a hall! Come, father Rosin, with your fiddle now. 1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  7. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
    • a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall
  8. (India) A living room.
  9. A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
  10. (qualifier:Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.

Forms

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halls Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

hall test · guildhall · booking hall · Hampden Hall · Keith Hall · hall pass · BHK · great hall · Hall Green · Hall i' th' Wood · hall monitor · firehall · hall tree · cloth hall · linen hall · stair hall · Forest Hall · town hall · hallmark · hall church · hallcest · hallway · Trungley Hall · ring-hall · Newton Hall · Meadowhall · dining hall · hallful · moot hall · Northop Hall · White Hall · lecture hall · barangay hall · Rocky Hall · beer hall · Campbell Hall · exhibition hall · Hereford Hall · city hall · hiring hall · hallmate · village hall · hallite · pool hall · chow hall · hall house · moot-hall · slaughterhall · sports hall · Union Hall · winehall · residence hall · permanent private hall · cinema hall · ordination hall · fire hall · hallpass · music hall · beauty hall · rec hall · riding hall · guild-hall · mead hall · food hall · dance-hall · ticket hall · dining-hall · hall of fame · hall of residence · audience hall · Midge Hall · interhall · Whitehall · Scale Hall · hallage · Park Hall · dance hall · drill hall · borough hall · woolhall · recreation hall · hall of shame · study hall · dancehall · hallstand · hall porter · bachelor's hall · concert hall · juvenile hall · hallmote · assembly hall · Lea Hall · gift hall · drink hall · ancestral hall · mess hall · Lostock Hall · hall of mirrors · Haller · hall-mark · formal hall · market hall · Hams Hall · hall-of-famer

Descendants

hall · χολ · холл · χωλ · ホール · χωλλ · 홀

Translations (168)

de Gang (corridor or a hallway) · hy դահլիճ (large meeting room) · ar مَهْجَع (building providing student accommodation) · uk хол (corridor or a hallway) · ja 寮 (building providing student accommodation) · be пярэ́дні пако́й (corridor or a hallway) · yi זאַל (large meeting room) · pl hol (corridor or a hallway) · de Flur (corridor or a hallway) · de Saal (large meeting room) · ru зал (large meeting room) · fr salle (large meeting room) · ru уса́дьба (manor house) · et aula (large meeting room) · pl sala (large meeting room) · gl salón (large meeting room) · bg за́ла (large meeting room) · fr résidence universitaire (building providing student accommodation) · be за́ла (large meeting room) · nl herenhuis (manor house) · fr couloir (corridor or a hallway) · nb sal (large meeting room) · da sal (large meeting room) · de Saal (principal room of a secular medieval building) · es salón (large meeting room) · it sala (large meeting room) · de Herrenhaus (manor house) · cmn 大廳 /大厅 (large meeting room) · cmn 走廊 (corridor or a hallway) · hy սրահ (principal room of a secular medieval building) · ta அரங்கம் (large meeting room) · ky зал (large meeting room) · ta மன்றம் (large meeting room) · fi kartano (manor house) · ka ზალა (large meeting room) · fr foyer (building providing student accommodation) · et saal (large meeting room) · pl rezydencja (manor house) · et õpilaselamu (building providing student accommodation) · he פְּרוֹזְדוֹר (corridor or a hallway) · ko 회관 (corridor or a hallway) · es hall (hol) (corridor or a hallway) · ru поме́стье (manor house) · fi käytävä (corridor or a hallway) · fi sali (large meeting room) · vi phòng (large meeting room) · ja 宿舎 (building providing student accommodation) · bg вестибю́л (corridor or a hallway) · sk chodba (corridor or a hallway) · fa-ira هال (corridor or a hallway) · sv sal (large meeting room) · nl zaal (principal room of a secular medieval building) · gl residencia universitaria (building providing student accommodation) · ro hol (corridor or a hallway) · la auditorium (corridor or a hallway) · fr hall (large meeting room) · et ühikas (building providing student accommodation) · nl studentenflat (building providing student accommodation) · hu terem (large meeting room) · az zal (large meeting room) · fi eteinen (corridor or a hallway) · cs chodba (corridor or a hallway) · el διάδρομος (corridor or a hallway) · pl przedpokój (corridor or a hallway) · bg за́ла (principal room of a secular medieval building) · ru приёмная (corridor or a hallway) · sq sallë (large meeting room) · gl pazo (manor house) · de Halle (large meeting room) · ota دهلیز (corridor or a hallway) · kk зал (large meeting room) · uk гурто́житок (building providing student accommodation) · de Studentenwohnheim (building providing student accommodation) · ru зал (principal room of a secular medieval building) · ga teach mór (manor house) · fa-ira سالُن (large meeting room) · it corridoio (corridor or a hallway) · is salur (large meeting room) · he אוּלָם (large meeting room) · tr salon (large meeting room) · uk прийма́льня (corridor or a hallway) · ko 홀 (large meeting room) · cmn 甲第 (manor house) · ru общежи́тие (building providing student accommodation) · es jol (large meeting room) · uk зал (large meeting room) · fi asuntola (building providing student accommodation) · pt salão (large meeting room) · es hall (hol) (large meeting room) · hy սրահ (large meeting room) · hy միջանցք (corridor or a hallway) · alt зал (large meeting room) · es antesala (corridor or a hallway) · ko 기숙사 (building providing student accommodation) · dsb wjaža (corridor or a hallway) · bg общежи́тие (building providing student accommodation) · ga halla (large meeting room) · de Halle (principal room of a secular medieval building) · nl gang (corridor or a hallway) · el φοιτητική εστία (building providing student accommodation) · tr koridor (corridor or a hallway) · ka დარბაზი (large meeting room) · om galma (corridor or a hallway) · id aula (large meeting room) · es zaguán (corridor or a hallway) · tr dalan (corridor or a hallway) · ar قَاعَة (large meeting room) · uk передпо́кій (corridor or a hallway) · nl hal (corridor or a hallway) · de Diele (corridor or a hallway) · eo halo (large meeting room) · bg ау́ла (large meeting room) · fr salle (principal room of a secular medieval building) · fr corridor (corridor or a hallway) · et saal (principal room of a secular medieval building) · tg толор (large meeting room) · tr hol (corridor or a hallway) · de Korridor (corridor or a hallway) · ta நடைபாதை (corridor or a hallway) · ar صَالَة (large meeting room) · el μέγαρο (manor house) · el χολ (corridor or a hallway) · es pasillo (corridor or a hallway) · uk фойє́ (corridor or a hallway) · pl sala (corridor or a hallway) · ja 玄関 (corridor or a hallway) · el φοιτητική εστία (building providing student accommodation) · cmn 會堂 /会堂 (large meeting room) · pdt Haul (large meeting room) · nl zaal (large meeting room) · hu kollégium (building providing student accommodation) · fi sali (principal room of a secular medieval building) · fa-ira تالار (large meeting room) · el αίθουσα (large meeting room) · uz zal (large meeting room) · pt corredor (corridor or a hallway) · fr salon (large meeting room) · ru коридо́р (corridor or a hallway) · ru холл (corridor or a hallway) · fr manoir (manor house) · ja 廊下 (corridor or a hallway) · be інтэрна́т (building providing student accommodation) · fa-ira تالار (corridor or a hallway) · ru фойе́ (corridor or a hallway) · de Aula (large meeting room) · ro sală (large meeting room) · pt saguão (principal room of a secular medieval building) · wa colidôr (corridor or a hallway) · wa poice (corridor or a hallway) · ja ホール (large meeting room) · es vestíbulo (large meeting room) · he מִסְדְּרוֹן (corridor or a hallway) · cs ulička (corridor or a hallway) · gl corredor (corridor or a hallway) · cmn 廳堂 /厅堂 (large meeting room) · ru вестибю́ль (corridor or a hallway) · tl bulwagan (large meeting room) · ga halla (corridor or a hallway) · tg зал (large meeting room) · es jol (corridor or a hallway) · ro coridor (corridor or a hallway) · cy neuadd (building providing student accommodation) · ca corredor (corridor or a hallway) · cmn 宿舍 (building providing student accommodation) · nl villa (manor house) · et mõis (manor house) · ru за́ла (principal room of a secular medieval building) · ru за́ла (large meeting room)